How much do you know about China?

[DC Al Fine]

Same rules. No Googling, and use your knowledge.

Easy

1. What is the capital city of China? Beijing

2. Who is the incumbent President of the People's Republic? Hu Jintao

3. What is the predominant ethnicity of China? Han

4. What are China's two most important rivers? Yellow & I dont know

5. What is the name of the ruling party? Communist Party

6. In what year was the Qing Dynasty overthrown? 1911

Fairly Easy

1. Aside from the People's Republic, what other entity claims to be China's legitimate government? Republic of China

2. The party-state is headed by this small group. What is its name and how many members does it have? Kuomindang

3. What are the two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China? Hong Kong & Macau

4. This dynasty was the first to create China as a unified state. Han

5. This philosopher's teachings are the foundations for Chinese civilization and culture. Confucius

6. This province has 100 million people, is located far inland on the Yangtze, and is famous for its pandas and spicy food. Szechuan

Medium

1. Name three major and prominent incidents of civil unrest in the past year.

2. In every province, city, town, and county, the de facto most important official isn't the governor/mayor/etc, but has what title?

3. What are the three religions and philosophies which most Chinese nominally adhere to? Buddhism Confucianism, Christianity

4. What is the name of the Muslim group which aside from its nominal religious label is indistinguishable from Easy (3)? Hui

5. Who is incumbent President of the Republic of China? Hu Jintao

6. On what day and where did a false flag incident in 1931 both began the Japanese invasion and led to the slow death of Japanese democracy? -

Difficult

1. The status of these two tiny islands led to threats of nuclear war and became a major issue during the 1960 US Presidential election. -

2. This region is considered China's Rust Belt. -

3. In what year did a spontaneous anti-government "incident" in Tiananmen Square lead to a serious change of government? 1987?

4. During the Warlord Era of 1916-1928, whoever controlled Beijing was considered the de jure government of all China. What was the name of this government? Republic of China

5. Two months after proclaiming the Republic of China in 1912, Sun Yat Sen ceded the Presidency to this man, who immediately began assassinating rivals, gutting the Constitution, shutting the National Assembly, and finally crowned himself Emperor for three months in 1916.
Yuan Shikai

6. When the Han Dynasty collapsed, what were the three states which claimed succession over the former empire? Wu Wei Shu (Thanks Dynasty Warriors )

Very Difficult

1. When Chiang Kai Shek became interested in fascism in the 1930s, he formed a group called the [color]shirts. What color was it? Blue

2. Why did the phrase "My dad is Li Gang" become an Internet meme in late 2010?

3. This general during the Tang Dynasty rebelled against his government, causing the most bloody conflict in human history until World War Two.

4. This is the Taoist movement which arose out of a claim that only 18,000 people will survive an imminent apocalypse.

5. Name three mass campaigns under Mao between 1949 and his death, excluding the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.

6. Whenever a Taiwanese sports team competes, this anthem is played.