Geography √

GEOGRAPHY

Anthropologists trace the common genetic

lineage of the human race to the West Coast of

Africa.

The last episode in the peopling of the planet

before the last Ice Age was the migration of

Mongolians from the steppes to Dong Bei all

the way to the Bering Straits of Alaska and to

the Americas,thensouth to the Pampas of

Patagonia north of the icy waters of the Islands

of Fire (Tierra del Fuego) of South America.

Physical features of Incas and Aztecs are not

dissimilar from those of the Jurchen during the

Jin Dynasty. Their ancestors reaching further in

time,the Native North American song, "As

One" in the songbook, sounds familiar to the

Nei Menggu ear as well as to the Shan-dwellers

across the two mighty rivers of the Huanghe

and the Chiangjiang.

Migration patterns during the 1800s saw a

massive exodus of Hans, particularly of the

waterborn Hakka that populates the juncture of

Guangdong and Fujian provinces, to many parts

of the world, assistedlargely by the needs ofthe

British Empire and the Americas.

The city of Shanghai lent its name to a verb, "to

shanghai," being drugged into submission,

spirited out of familiar surrounding only to

awaken to a new environment. It referred to

prospective farm workers abducted in Shanghai

and spirited out to vessels that then took them

to plantations in California. To be abducted

against one's will is to be shanghaied!

A Chinaman's hat is the name of an island off

the northern coast of Hawaii’s Oahu.Hawaii’s

Chinatown is just one of many around the world

where the cultural artifacts of the Han (along

with the Qin, the Ming, and the Qing), visual

and culinary, issavored and appreciated.

As a community development worker in the

Canadian western Prairies in the 70s, I drove

into small towns of predominantly eastern

European extractions that invariably supported

a lone restaurant owned and run by a Chinese.

We were bold enough to ask proprietors to

serve us the same food they had for lunch or

dinner, rather than what was printed in the

menu, since the offerings were tailored to

Caucasian taste.

Oral English students, in addition to getting an

image of China’s journey in historical time

from the Xia dynasty to the present, are also

familiarized with the maps of China and the

world, maps being afeng shui tool (relating

humans to the universe beyond geomancy to

geography) in the modern age. We also include

our image of a world map and a global grid.

The following are the English names of

countries with their Zhongwen equivalents. The

most populous country in the world hovers in

the upper echelons of the global economic

society. It is well that Zhongguoren learn the

names of countries where their relations had

gone to, as well as the countries from where an

increasing number of foreign students who attend China's Universities, the Shenyang

Aerospace University included,come from.

Countries of the World

EAST ASIA

China Zhōngguó

Hong Kong Xiānggăng

Japan Rìbĕn

Macao Àomén

North Korea Cháoxǐan/BěiHán

South Korea Hánguó/Nánhán/

TaiwanTáiwān

SOUTHEAST ASIADōngnányà

Brunei Wénlái

Cambodia Jiănpŭzhài

East Timor Dōngdìwèn

Indonesia Yìndùníxīyă (alsoYìnní)

Laos Lǎowō/Liáoguó

Malaysia Măláixīyă

Myanmar Miăndiàn

Philippines Fēilǜbīn

Singapore Xīnjiāpō

Thailand Tàiguó

Vietnam Yuènán

SOUTH ASIANányà

Bangladesh Mèngjiālāguó

Bhutan Bùdān

India Yìndù

Maldives Mă'ěrdàifù

Nepal Níbó'ěr

Pakistan Bājīsītăn

Sri Lanka Sīlĭlánkă

2 CENTRAL ASIA Zhōngyà

Afghanistan Āfùhàn

Kazakhstan Hāsàkèsītǎn

Kyrgyzstan Jíěrjísīsītǎn

Mongolia Ménggŭ

Tajikistan Tăjíkèsītǎn

Turkmenistan Tŭkùmànsītǎn

Uzbekistan Wūzībiékèsītǎn

SOUTHWEST ASIAXīnányà

(Middle East) (Zhōngdōng)

Armenia Yàmĕiníyà

Azerbaijan Āsàibàijiān

Bahrain Bālín

Cyprus Sàipǔlùsī

Georgia Gélǔjíyà

Iran Yīlăng

Iraq Yīlākè

Israel Yǐsèliè

Jordan Yuēdàn

Kuwait Kēwēitè

Lebanon Líbānèn

Oman Āmàn

Qatar Kǎtǎ'ĕr

Saudi Arabia Shātè'ālābó

Syria Xùlìyà

Turkey Tǔ'ĕrqi

United Arab Emirates

Ālābó Liánhé Qiúchángguo

Yemen Yĕmén

OCEANIA Dàyángzhōu

Australia Àodàlìyà

Kiribati Jīlǐbāsī

Fiji Fěijì Marshall Islands Mǎshào'ěr Qúndǎo

Micronesia Mìkèluóníxīyà

Nauru Nǎolǔ

New Zealand Niŭxīlán (Xīnxīlán)

Palau Pàláo

Papua New Guinea Bābùyà Xīnjǐnèiyà

Samoa Sàmóyà

Solomon Islands Suǒluómén Qúndǎo

Tonga Tāngjiā

Tuvalu Tùwǎlú (Túwǎlǔ)

Vanuatu Wǎnǔ'ātú

NORTH AMERICABěi Měizhōu

Canada Jiānádà

Cuba Gŭbā

Mexico Mòxīgē

United States Měiguó

CENTRAL AMERICAZhōngměizhōu

Belize Bólìzī/Bèilǐsī

Costa Rica Gēsīdálíjīa

El Salvador Sà'ěrwǎduō

Guatemala Wēidìmālā/Guādìmǎlā

Honduras Hóngdūlāsī

Nicaragua Níjiālāguā