10 Things You Need to Know About China

1. In which of the following ways does China work to help the environment?

• A. It manufactures green technologies.

• B. It plants trees.

• C. It produces hydroelectric power.

• D. all of the above

2. One of the negative consequences of the one-child policy is that ___.

• A. China’s government can no longer provide enough health care

• B. China can no longer feed its people

• C. there are now 35 million more men than women

• D. all of the above

3. How do students in China get accepted into universities?

• A. They take an entrance exam.

• B. They submit their grades and activities.

• C. They write an essay.

• D. all of the above

4. China has been criticized for its human rights record because of its ___.

• A. treatment of its Muslim Uighur minority

• B. increasing internet censorship

• C. severe Covid lockdowns

• D. all of the above

5. As used in the section “Does China Have a Population Problem?,” the word diminishing most nearly means ___.

• A. exploding

• B. growing

• C. shrinking

• D. immigrating

6. Scott Kennedy says, “Urbanites have quite a bit more educational opportunity, and urban schools are much better funded. But rural Chinese are still almost half the population.” You can infer from his statement that ___.

• A. China’s school-improvement efforts have been unequally concentrated in urban areas

• B. the one-child policy did not benefit rural China

• C. unemployment rates are higher in China’s urban areas

• D. rural students do not need the same kind of educational opportunities as urban students

7. Which of the following quotes is best supported by the photo at the bottom of page 11?

• A. “Americans rely on iPhones and other gadgets assembled mostly in China.”

• B. “ ‘Each side believes the other is trying to pull a fast one.’ ”

• C. “The U.S. and China are tightly bound together . . . ”

• D. “. . . the two countries are increasingly wary of each other.”

8. In the last section, Janet Yellen says, “We believe that the world is big enough for both of us.” You can infer from this that she ___.

• A. believes that the U.S. and China will eventually go to war

• B. thinks the U.S. can work with China despite their issues

• C. hopes that the U.S. will copy China

• D. thinks the U.S. should work harder to change China

9. Do you think China should change its university admissions process? Why or why not?

10. Do you think the U.S. should maintain its trade relationship with China, even as it criticizes China’s human rights record? Why or why not?