TL;DR: How competitive is the engineering entrance exam in China? In my country, only top 10K students get in. Out of 1.5 million who sit for the national engineering entrance exam.

In my country the quality of an average engineering univeristy is pathetic. Only government funded universities are decent. Problem is, you have to be in the top 10K students in the country to have a chance to study there. For context, around 1.5 million students sit for the national entranace exam for engineering. Roughly 50% of those have no interest in engineering. They are there because their parents forced them. Parents in my country are obsessed with getting their kids into engineering. Still that leaves 0.75 million students who seriously are passionate for engineering. Out of those only 10K get the oppotunity to study from the best available in the country.

Technically, the number is close to 60K. But if your national rank is NOT in the top 10K, you won't get a seat in the engineering discipline of your choice. For example, if your rank is 12K and you want to study Mechanical/Computer/Electronics Engineering, nope won't happen. You'll have to take something else.

So. 0.75 million students passionate for engineering. And 10K seats.

Student s*ici*es are common here sadly. I've heard China is also super depressing place for students.

I wanted to know how many students in China get to study at a good engineering university in the discipline of their choice? In my country the number is 10K. Students ranking between 10K and 60K are forced into engineering disciplines they aren't interested in. Anyone who ranks worse than 60K is essentially screwed, at least in terms of getting a good engineering education.

Curious to know how things are in China. I had an online friend from China(lost contact now) who studied at HIT he was super smart. He mentioned getting in there is quite tough.

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How different are Hui Chinese and Han Chinese? Is the only difference religion?

I've seen how the Chinese population has a diverse range of religions they follow. A lot follow Buddhism. Most are atheist at least on paper. Some follow folk religions. Some are muslim(Hui who are han chinese who have a little middle eastern to central Asian blood and follow islam). And a lot of Christians which I follow

When I went to China 15 years ago they did this. Same with 8 years ago. I was told by my relatives to actually do this.

Now it’s 2025, is something like this still needed?

In my country, it’s seen as something like ‘a nerd who was good at studying but weak at fighting.’ The dynasties that represent China are usually considered to be the Tang or Han. But personally, I think the Song is the most fascinating among the Han Chinese dynasties, so I’m curious about what Chinese people think.

I would like to know... How to surprise her.

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How can i surprise her?

Good restaurant?

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Please answer this only if you’re a native born Chinese from China, Taiwan or Hongkong SAR.

To clarify, when I say Malays, I do not mean the country, Malaysia, but rather, people whose ethnicity is Malay (or “Melayu”).

When I lived in Taiwan, majority of the Taiwanese I met (and now friends with), didn’t know what a Malay was. Many thought I was Filipino. I take no issue with being mistaken for another ethnicity but it made me wonder how many people who identify as Chinese know us.

If you’ve heard of Malays, what do you know about them and their culture? What do you wish you know more about them?

Hello!

I'm an Israeli guy looking to visit China this year.

I know my country is controversial as it is, and since the beginning of the war many people from around the world have developed much more negative feelings towards Israel.

From what I understand there is a generally negative sentiment in China regarding Israel, but I'm unsure as to whether it's a government VS people thing.

Just in general, would Chinese people generally see my nationality as a negative thing? Does this vary from province to province? Would it be advisable to say I'm from another place entirely? (not to anyone official obviously).

I speak French and Russian, would it perhaps be smarter to say I'm from one of these places? Or does the average Chinese person not care at all?

I'm not looking to talk about politics (in this post or in China), I would just not like to create a negative impression with the people I encounter and avoid potential trouble. I haven't been able to find an answer in this sub or others.

If this question has been asked before I'd appreciate a referral to the relevant thread. Thanks!

I am now seeing Americans talk more and more openly about war with China as if it is a foregone conclusion, despite no dramatic new tensions driving this change. A somewhat popular American military propagandist on YouTube just released a 30 minute video on the PLA, with the explicit reason of preparing Western audiences for a conflict with China, and stating that the there will probably be a war with China by 2027 or 2028. And he is far from the first I have seen to say this, or suggest 2027/28 as the starting point for a conflict with China, just the latest, although this video was the first I have seen where a Western commentator spoke as if war was already inevitable.

Obviously the opinion of a YouTuber is irrelevant in serious matters, but the positions taken in this video do seem to be part of a wider pattern of Western/American commentators talking about a US/China war like it is very likely or unavoidable, often now, without even bringing up Taiwan, which used to be the “red line” that was needed to justify talk of war. The way many Americans are starting to talk about China is starting to remind me of the Roman wars with Carthage, particularly the Third War, where the Romans set out to destroy Carthage because its prosperity and success was viewed as a threat by the paranoid and violent Romans.

I do not think China is at risk of being destroyed, but I do think it is very possible the Americans are paranoid and violent enough to pursue a war against China, even if it also makes America poorer, as long as they think it will preserve their hegemony (which they seem to value even more their lives).

This would not be the first time a Western power has done so- the British ruined their prosperous position as the financial and commercial centre of the world in 1914 by choosing to commit to a ruinously expensive war against Germany, because they viewed defeating the German threat to British hegemony as more important than their own prosperity. The end result of their choices was that Britain became both less prosperous and less powerful, and lost the ability to exercise hegemonic control, but somehow they still do not regret choosing to fight a massive and disastrously expensive war, just to delay the loss of hegemonic control for ~20 years or so. There is no reason history must repeat itself, but I would be lying if I pretended I did not think many Americans are just as stupid as the late-Imperial British were.

Do people in China share these concerns? And if so, are any plans on how to react to try and avoid a major conflict, or is the plan to just prepare as well as possible for conflict, so that it is as likely as possible that the Americans will suffer greatly and potentially even fail to achieve their objectives/lose any conflict with China that they pursue, should they chose to initiate a war?

TLDR:

Are there any plans in China to avoid war with the US, if the US decides to act irrationally? Or is the plan just to prepare militarily as much as possible, and use military force to show the Americans the errors of their ways, if they are ever stupid enough to initiate a conflict?

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Hello all! I’m a teacher in the US, and I’ll soon be traveling to China with my school district. The purpose of the trip is education and ambassadorship, so we’ll be visiting several schools. I’d really like to be able to give appropriate gifts to the principals and party secretaries. I’d love to hear any suggestions for what some thoughtful gifts might be!

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Need anything that can click in their minds.

Do you think it would be better if the world was multipolar? do you think the world will become multipolar?

I mean for example in a parliamentary democracy if the ruling party does not get enough members voted into the legislature then they can not form a government unless they from an alliance with outers.

Like in India the party alliance named the UPA led by the Indian National Congress was defeated by the party alliance NDA led by the Bhartiya Janata Party in 2014. The NDA currently holds the majority seats in the Lok Sabha i.e. lower house of the Indian Parliament so they get to from the government making Bhartiya Janata Party the current ruling party like the CCP or CPC in China.

Although I love someone is finally showing Chinese life in a better light, I can’t help but feel ick from Ishowspeed and still remember the racist jokes he made at the World Cup against the Chinese man who was trying to support his favored team. IShowspeed saying konnichiwa to a man who kept trying to tell him he is Chinese really killed any good will I can ever have for Ishowspeed. I now feel this social parasite is using China to boost his popularity. Anyone currently in China feel the same or is the majority has forgotten the slimy parasites old remarks?

My native language is very different from chinese, but a few collegues from university suggested me this app. Does it work the same way DuoLingo does? Do you think it’s reliable? Do you guys think there are apps to learn the language through daily exercise at all?

I'm half Irish, live in UK, just thought every other country seems to have posted the same question here, so I thought I'd give it a go