The "4 great inventions" of China seems kinda dumb to me. China invented waaay more than just 4 things. The idea of there being 4 major Chinese inventions isn't even Chinese, it's something that European scholars came up with.
Although he didn't come immediately after Mao, he was arguably the most important Chinese leader after him. His efforts to open China to the west, economically at least, are the underlying reason so much of the world's goods are now made in China.
Just the leader for 10 years of the largest nation on earth. Ever heard of Ronald Reagan? He was the leader of a country about 1/4 the size for about the same time.
If you credit Deng with letting China become a capitalist country, then it's nearly impossible to understate his importance. In 1981, 88% of Chinese people lived in extreme poverty (defined as less than $1.90 per day). Today, that number is 0.7%. Few people in history have had so great an impact as Deng Xiaoping.
It's very nice that you bring these quizzes to the front page. This way Western people can learn more about Asian history. To be fair, you should accept Hubilai Khan as that's his name in Mongolian.
31/33. My undergrad is in Chinese & Japanese History so I'm a little embarrassed I didn't get Deng Xiaoping. Legitimately didn't know compass. A little confused why you didn't include Hangzhou as a capital but did include Luoyang. They both were capitals during broken periods and unified dynasties (Hangzhou-Song, Luoyang-Zhou). Great quiz! I would love to see more "History of...." quizzes for other countries and cultures!
Yeah, it probably should be accepted. It's how it's written in modern pinyin, although most people still call him Chiang Kai-shek. It's like how Mao Tse-tung and Mao Zedong are both acceptable names,
Yes, I first typed in Genghis and was quite confused that it wasn't accepted. Kublai certainly completed the conquest of China, but much of the initial conquest was done by Genghis.
No it's not misleading at all. Genghis might have started things, but it's Kublai who finished the conquest, became emperor, and founded the Yuan dynasty. Genghis was long dead by then.
I have said this many times and I'll say it again - can we please have the ACTUAL Chinese spellings accepted? I mean, Chiang Kai Shek's actual name is Jiang Jie Shi.
Jiang Jie Shi is not an "ACTUAL Chinese spelling". All it is is the pinyin romanisation of an actual Chinese name. However, he is more broadly known by his Chiang Kai Shek romanisation so that is the correct answer here. There is a logical case that Jiang Jieshi is an acceptable alternative spelling but it is just outright inaccurate to claim that it is an "ACTUAL Chinese spelling" especially with the unnecessary use of capital letters. This is Jetpunk, not Twitter.
Actually, considering there are almost certainly more Mandarin speakers than English speakers who know about him, I find it very unlikely that "he is more broadly known by his Chiang Kai Shek romanization." A better approximation of the Mandarin pronunciation is going to be Jiang rather than Chiang (especially the way many people say Chiang with a long A). Using the official romanization system for countries where Mandarin is widely spoken is actually quite reasonable.
It would be cool to accept any standard transliteration (as well as any common non-standard ones, even though the displayed answer should be the most common name used in English (obviously). The Quizmaster may even be grateful for additional correct transliterations, when pointed out without the attitude.
Pigtails are usually more than one bundle of hair. A ponytail is all the hair in one bundle. A queue was arguably a ponytail but definitely not pigtails.
I think 'Tail' or in English 'Pig Tail' should be accepted for 'Queue' which is just the French posh name for Pigtail. As this is an English Language quiz. The French Language quiz can use the 'Queue'
I think as a matter of course, Jetpunk quizzes on China should always accept pinyin names (even if another name is more commonly used in English). Thus Kong Fuzi for Confucius and Jiang Jieshi for Chiang Kai-shek.
I'm Chinese. "I Ching" (易经) is spelled as "Yi Jing" in Pinyin. That should be a correct answer. And I don't think "Ching" is proper to be a blank, because "I" is the name and "Ching" means "classic". I Ching is one of the Four Books and Five Classics (四书五经; si shu wu jing). The Five Classics are Shi (诗; "poem"), Shu (书; "book"), Li (礼; "ceremonial"), Yi ("change", a divination book) and Chun Qiu (春秋; "spring and autumn", a history book).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_throughout_history