China in Chicago???

The first Chinese community was built around the Van Buren and Clark Streets. In 1905, due to the ill-treatment of Chinese in California, there was a boycott of American trade in China. When news came to Chicago, the presence of Chinese arouse hostile feelings and suspicion. Landlord raised the rent of houses occupied by Chinese to such a significant rate that most occupants could not afford to pay. About half of the entire Chinese population in Chicago was forced to move south to Cermak and Wentworth Avenue, an Italian and Croatian neighborhood. It was made possible by a series of 10-year leases on buildings which were contracted through the H.O Stone Company by members of The On Leong Businessmen's Association. Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue soon became The hub of the Chinatown. On 1912 was when Chinatown was first establish and there was so many Chinese restaurants and store and Chinese immigrants took over the south side of Cermak and Wentworth. I really like Chinatown I think its a fun place to be at and spend a day at and has a lot of culture. Chinatown celebrates all of the same celebrations like China which I think is cool how they keep their roots alive.

History of Chinese Writing

It is not known when Chinese writing originated, but it apparently began to develop in the early 2nd millennium in BC. At first there was only 60 characters which later on then turned into 3,000 Chinese characters. Now there are 50,000 Chinese characters in the whole Chinese language. That is so crazy that's too much too remember. Most educated people know about 2-3,000 characters.

Counting In Chinese

1. Yi                  

2. Er

3. San

4. Si

5. Wu

6. Liu

7. Qi

8. Ba

9. Jiu

10. Shi

Basic Chinese Words

Hello; Ni Hao

Bye; Zai Jian

Good afternoon; Xiawu Hao

Good evening; Wanshang Hao

Stop; Ting

I/Me; Wo

You; Ni

He/She/It; Ta

Good; Hao

Bad; Bu Hao

Yes; Shi

No; Bu Shi

Thank you; Xie Xie

You're welcome; Bu Yong Xie

Ancient China Facts

• China is one of the world's four ancient civilizations. 
• In 221 B.C Ying Zheng was the first Emperor of Ancient China,.
• The last Emperor was 3 years old and his name was Puyi.
• In China the dragon is a symbol of good luck, power, and strength. Also the dragon was often the symbol of the Emperor.
• The Ancient Chinese were the first people to drink tea but at first it was used for medicine.
• The biggest festival of the year was the New Year celebration so people back hen would take time off their jobs.
• Silk was discovered in Ancient China.
• In Ancient China paper money was first made 
• For the last 4,000 years China used chopsticks to eat

Interesting Facts About China

• Over 100 million people in China live on less than one U.S dollar.
• Fortune cookies weren't invented by China, It's not Chinese.
• China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year.
• Facebook and Twitter have been blocked from China since 2009.
• The worlds first paper money was created in China about 1,400 years ago.
• Over 35 million people in China still live in caves.
• Every 30 seconds in China a baby is born.
• China has a one child policy.
• Table Tennis is China's national sport.
• The playstation is illegal and banned from China.
• Every five days a new skyscraper is built in China.
• Over four million cats are eaten in China.
• Half of all the worlds pigs live in China.
• 90% of Chinas water is polluted.
•  20 million trees are cut down every year to make chopsticks.
• Only 7% of China's people are religious which makes the least religious state.
• 600,000 Chinese people die every year do to working too much.
• It is illegal to not visit your parents if they are over 60.
• Brad is banned from China after his movie "7 years in Tibet".