Understanding Chinese
A guide to the languages, people & markets of China & the Chinese diaspora
Content
The following is a list of the topics which I plan to cover in this website and is a work in progress. If you think there are any important topics I should cover or not, by all means add your comments below.
- The concept of “Greater China” & the Chinese diaspora
- Mainland China (The People’s Republic of China)
- Major cities
- Hong Kong (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)
- Macau (Macau Special Administrative Region)
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- Chinese communities elsewhere
- Mainland China (The People’s Republic of China)
- The idea of “Chinese” ethnicity
- A single Han people as a political idea
- Other ethnic groups in “Greater China”
- Foreigners in Greater China
- Chinese languages
- Written Chinese
- Simplified Chinese characters
- Traditional Chinese characters
- Pinyin & other romanisation systems
- Calligraphy & ancient Chinese scripts
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin Chinese in Mainland China
- Mandarin Chinese outside the Mainland
- Cantonese
- Taiwanese
- Other Chinese languages
- English/Chinglish
- Written Chinese
- Chinese culture
- Chinese families
- Religions
- Food & drink
- Lucky things
- Chinese business & marketing to Chinese audiences
- The family business
- Relationships (Guanxi)
- Famous Chinese brands
- Popular Foreign brands
- Celebrity endorsements
- Chinese ideas of “beauty”
- “Chinese” poses