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• ...there are four different cuisines in the country; Mandarin and Shandong rule around Beijing and is characterised by pasta and steamed bread as garnish, while the Cantonian and Chaozhou dishes are made mainly of meat and vegetables?
• ...the Shanghai cuisine is famous for its red coloured food, while the Szechwan cuisine is famous for the hot spices?
• ...among their spirits the Maotai is the most popular? It is so strong that it could be used instead of fuel in the cars.
• ...the whole country is governed from Beijing, and they decide over people’s lives who live several thousand km away in such a way that they do not take the different time zones into consideration? The Beijing time shall be used; the Beijing dialect shall be spoken.
• ...Macao got back under Chinese authority only in 2009 and since the arrival of the Portuguese the city has been the meeting point of different cultures? Nothing proves this better than the fact that Saint Paul Cathedral was designed by Italians, built by Japanese, used by Portuguese and demolished by a Chinese typhoon.
• ...Xian was once the centre of world culture; and it was better developed in the ancient times than the Roman Empire? The most popular sight of the city is the 10,000 soldier-army made of clay, standing straight, holding weapons looking with a fantastically detailed facial expression of protecting whatever they have to.

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