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As explained in "Country Report: China," "The East Is Red" is: |
| | A) | a song saluting Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Cultural Revolution. |
| | B) | China's national anthem. |
| | C) | the theme song of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. |
| | D) | the most popular song in China today. |
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As indicated in David Pilling's "China Will Not be the World's Deputy Sheriff", today's China: |
| | A) | is prepared to challenge the US supremacy in world affairs. |
| | B) | prefers to keep a low profile in world affairs. |
| | C) | is ready to take up the leadership role in the world. |
| | D) | is an isolationist power. |
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As noted in "Country Report: China," China's four Special Economic Zones (SEZs) established in the early 1980s include: |
| | A) | Hong Kong and Macau. |
| | B) | Taiwan and Tibet. |
| | C) | Shanghai and Beijing. |
| | D) | Shenzhen and Xiamen. |
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As explained in Alexandra Harney's "Bye Bye Cheap Labor", labor cost is rising in China due to the following reasons except: |
| | A) | higher taxes. |
| | B) | a new labor law. |
| | C) | successful negotiation between the government and labor unions. |
| | D) | growing demands of increasingly sophisticated workers. |
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As reported in "Country Report: China," China's Four Modernizations include all of the following sectors except: |
| | A) | agriculture. |
| | B) | military. |
| | C) | science and technology. |
| | D) | financial system. |
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As claimed in "Country Report: China," "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" is a motto ascribed to: |
| | A) | Deng Xiaoping. |
| | B) | Mao Zedong. |
| | C) | Chiang Kai-shek. |
| | D) | Jiang Zemin. |
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As suggested by Edward Friedman in "China: A Threat to or Threatened by Democracy?" China is: |
| | A) | a totalitarian state. |
| | B) | a market economy with Chinese style of democracy |
| | C) | a successful authoritarian state. |
| | D) | a failed socialist country. |
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As explained by Drew Thompson in "Think Again: China's Military": |
| | A) | China's military has become a global threat. |
| | B) | The PLA is slow, conservative, and backward. |
| | C) | China needs its army to stamp out domestic unrest. |
| | D) | The PLA is developing capabilities to protect China's expanding global interests. |
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As described in "Country Report: China," the American law that regulates U.S.-Taiwan relations is the: |
| | A) | Anti-Secession Law. |
| | B) | Taiwan Relations Act. |
| | C) | China Relations Act. |
| | D) | US-Taiwan defense treaty. |
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As argued by David Shambaugh in "A New China Requires a New US Strategy", |
| | A) | The long-run competition between the US and China is taking place in the secondary classroom, and China is winning. |
| | B) | China is not making any political progress. |
| | C) | The US has successfully developed a new strategy to deal with a rising China. |
| | D) | China is happy to be a regional power with limited interests abroad. |
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As maintained in "Country Report: Taiwan," both Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek opposed the "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan" concepts. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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As discussed in "Country Report: China," Deng Xiaoping was the first CCP leader who officially proclaimed China's goal of achieving the "four modernizations" by the end of the twentieth century. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to human rights organizations as cited in "Liu Xiaobo and Illusions about China", there are about 1,400 political, religious and "conscience" prisoners across China. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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As asserted in "Country Report: Hong Kong," Hong Kong's "mini-constitution" is called the "one country, two systems" law. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to "China's Reform Era Legal Odyssey", China's legal structure remained intact during the "Cultural Revolution". |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as stated in "Country Report: China," opened its first overseas office in Beijing in 2008. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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As related in "Country Report: China," China became the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in 2008. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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As discussed in "China's Land Reform: Speeding the Plough," China has successfully completed its transition to a modern, urban society. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The term "barefoot doctors," as defined in "Country Report: China," refers to those village doctors who are too poor to even have shoes. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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As reported in "Chinese acquire taste for French wine," China has become the top export market for Bordeaux wines in value. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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