A Brief Summary on the Country of China

             China has gone through a lot of cultural changes that were caused by revolutionary changes in the twentieth century. Because of this China and the United States have been able to gain a stronger relationship. In the following paragraphs, I will explain Chinas culture and compare it to the United States culture. China is made up of fifty-five minority groups. Han Chinese is the most popular group. In China, eleven out of twelve people are Han Chinese. In these groups, many of them have their own language that they speak.
             Since the Cultural Revolution men and women are now considered equal. The women's parents don't pick her husband for her to marry anymore. Although, men are still considered more valuable than women. Because of an overpopulation problem, there is a one child per couple limit. If the couple has more than one child, they can be fined or get other penalties. Most of the couples hope for a boy to take on the family name and care for them when they get older. If they don't have a boy they will often give the girl up for adoption and try again for a boy. Chinese gender issues are similar to the United States all except for the one-child policy.
             Most Chinese people spend their whole life in one region. There are laws that exist in China to stop racial discrimination; they are not effective because of the economic status of the typical Chinese person. Racial discrimination isn't a big deal in China. Due to having so many racial groups in the United States racial discrimination is more of a problem. The United States also has laws trying to prevent this discrimination. There are two articles regarding The People's Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons. One states that Disabled people are equal to those that are normal. The second article states that the disabled are someone who has a problem with vision, hearing, speech, or other physical disabilities. The United States also has laws dealing with disabil...

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