5.6 China Today

Which year did China introduce economic reforms?

• 1990

• 1978

• 1985

• 1975

How has mobile payment affected life in China?

• Most Chinese are using mobile payment because it's convenient

• People are becoming poor because they can't save money

• Less people shop online because it's more fun to go to shopping malls

• People prefer to use cash because it's easy to see how much money you have

What are migrant workers?

• People who change their job

• People who work away from their hometown

• People who are always travelling for fun

• People who work from home

What are left-behind children?

• Children who live in cities

• Children who are slow and always left behind in the classroom

• Children who live at boarding (寄宿) schools

• Children whose parents work in another city or country.

How did people's incomes (收入) change after the economic reforms?

• It has increased

• It always changes

• It didn't change

• It has decreased

What is one benefit (益處) of improved (改善) transport infrastructure (系統)?

• Better air quality

• Cheaper transportation costs

• Less traffic

• Better economy

Why did companies set up factories in China?

• popularity

• Lots of raw materials

• cheap labour

• plenty of land

Classify the products into high-tech and low-tech.

Groups:

(a) High-tech

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(b) Low-tech

• mobile payment

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• tablet

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• automatic driving

• school bags

• clothes

• smartphone

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What are some social issues in China?

• migrant workers

• left-behind children

• wealth gap

• mobile payment

True or False:

After ​ (a)   , some low-tech factories were moved to countries in ​ (b)   . China’s industries began to ​ (c)   and shift from​ (d)   to ​ (e)   products.

• Southeast Asia
• 2010
• diversify
• high-tech
• 1978
• Africa
• Europe
• low-tech
• decrease