Name: 現在就去地理中國 (Geography Now! China)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T06:50:18.000Z
Duration: 19 min 50 s

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Hey everyone! China is a big country with lots of history and culture.

嘿大家！ 中國是一個有著許多歷史和文化的大國。

情態副詞

Obviously, in this video, I won't be able to cover everything.

顯然，在這個視頻中，我不能覆蓋一切。

But, I'll try my best to explain. Okay? Good?

但是，我會盡我所能解釋。 好的？ 好？

China, China, China... or the People's Republic of China.

Everybody knows something about this place, and everybody has something to say about it.

大家都對中國有些認識，也有些想法

Now let's see what the flag has to say about itself.

The flag is a simple red banner with five yellow stars in the upper hoist or canton corner;

是簡單的紅旗，左上角有五顆紅星

a large star surrounded by four smaller ones in a semi-circular pattern to the right.

四顆小星以半圓排列在右，圍繞著大星

According to the governmental interpretation,

the red background symbolizes the revolution,

and the five stars were made yellow to radiate against the red.

The stars represent unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

這些星星代表，在中國共產黨領導下，團結一致的中國人民

The largest star symbolizes the Communist Party of China,

and the four smaller stars that surround the big star symbolize the four social classes:

而圍繞在旁的四顆星星則象徵四種社會階級

the working class, the peasantry, the urban petite bourgeoisie, and the national bourgeoisie.

工人階級、農民階級、城市小資產階級和民族資產階級

Well, that was pretty easy. Unfortunately, that will be the only easy part of this video.

這很簡單，不幸的是，這只是影片中最簡單的部份

Okay Geograpeeps, get your popcorn and notebooks,

好，同學們，爆米花和筆記本準備好

because this is where things are gonna get really complicated, messy and dramatic and confusing.

現在開始，事情變得開始複雜，淩亂又戲劇化

First of all, mainland China is located in and dominates the heart of East Asia.

首先，中國坐落於東亞心臟地帶

At over 22,000 kilometres, it has the world's longest combined land border with 14 other countries.

有著世界上最長的國界，超過22,000公里，與14個國界接壤

The country spans all the way from the Taklamakan Desert to the coast of Fujian.

疆域橫跨東西，從塔克拉馬干沙漠到福建海岸

China could either be the second, third, or fourth largest country in the world by total area.

中國面積可以是第二，第三或第四名

If you include all the water territories, Canada is the second,

如果算進水域面積的話，加拿大排第二

even though China has slightly more land mass,

and if you include Alaska, Hawaii and all the official territories, the US is slightly larger than China,

但是如果美國包含阿拉斯加，夏威夷，等其他領土的話，美國稍大於中國

but if China's disputed and confusing territories are all included, then China is a little bit larger.

如果把其他爭議領土都加進來，中國會大一些

It's only been a couple of minutes and I'm already making it look like:

影片才開始沒多久，就已經觸及敏感議題，變成這樣

Speaking of territories, let's stick our hands in the first layer of mud!

說到領土，我們從行政區開始看

China has some of the most complex administrative divisions in the world,

and it all has to do with certain types of people and the rise of the 20th century.

這與該地區的族群，與二十世紀的變遷有關

First of all, the country is divided into 22 official provinces,

第一，整個國家被劃分成22個省

現在我們再看其他類型的行政區

China also has five autonomous regions, four municipalities,

中國還有五個自治區，四個直轄市

and two special administrative regions that mostly self-govern themselves.

First, let's talk about the autonomous regions.

Guangxi, Tibet, Xinjiang, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia.

廣西，西藏，新疆，寧夏，內蒙古

The strange thing is that each of these regions has incredibly distinct and contrasting cultural traits

這些地區的共同點是，他們與其他中國大部分的漢民族

that differ from the rest of Han-dominated Chinese culture.

Because of the minority prevalency in these areas,

因為少數民族在這些地區佔多數

they have kind of like a weird legislative membrane in which they are still under full sovereignty of China,

他們就有一些法律上的保護，但是主權仍在中國

but have extra special rights that don't apply to the rest of the provinces.

他們就有一些特權，是其他省所沒有的

These are like the complete opposite of autonomous regions,

because they hold pretty much the highest governmental administrative classification in the country.

因為他們受到政府當局高度控制

And even though they are cities, they hold provincial status.

雖然只是城市，但是與省是同級別

In short, these guys are like the big shots of China!

簡言之，就好像是中國行政區的顯貴

the capital Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing.

Yeah, try saying that in five times fast.

(Tries saying it five times fast, like a tongue twister)

Furthermore, we have 2 special administrative regions that kinda self-govern themselves,

此外，有兩個特別行政區，有點像自治區

but they all kind of fall under Chinese sovereignty.

CGP Grey does an amazing video explaining the whole scenario on this,

CGP Grey 有個 出色的影片 ，介紹兩者的情況

but I'll try to summarise it in the quickest way I can.

These places used to be operated by the British and Portuguese,

這兩地區原本分別由英國，葡萄牙掌控

until they were ceded back to China back in 1997 and 1999 respectively,

and have a weird "one country, two systems" policy,

even though it should be 3 systems... but hey.

Each of these areas has their own passports, currency language and even government.

這些地區有各自的護照，貨幣，語言，甚至政府

Then you have the strange 6 economic zones,

另外，還有六個特殊的經濟特區

which, even though they do not have their own autonomy,

they have flexible government regulation and free market policies

但是有著更寬鬆的法規，與自由市場的政策

that allow them to manage business transactions in a more liberal manner.

能讓這些經濟特區的交易更自由化

These zones are cities along the coast and the entire island region of Hainan,

這些特區都是一些沿海城市,還有整個海南島

otherwise known as the "Hawaii of China".

Now, if there's one thing China knows how to do, it's getting people's attention and not in a ..

如果要說中國擅長的事，就是很會吸引人們注意力，但不是...

And one way to get attention is by making territory disputes.

其中一種獲得關注的方式就是領土爭議

Let's just get the biggest one off of our chests -Taiwan.

Hey hey hey!... It's called Chinese Taipei.

Taiwan... is in a weird jurisdiction limbo with China,

台灣在中國看來有其灌的法律地位

because both sides kind of technically claim sovereignty over the other.

因為雙方都聲稱擁有對方統治權

As in mainland China claims they own Taiwan,

yet Taiwan believes, ultimately, that they are the sole proprietor of the entire mainland as well.

但是台灣認為他們才是代表中國的唯一合法政權

It all had to do with the Chinese civil war and the opposing political parties, yaddi yaddi yadda...

這些都與兩個對立政黨在中國內戰有關

The communist party took over the mainland and the nationalist party took over Taiwan.

共產黨占領大陸,國民黨占有台灣

As we already mentioned in the Bhutan video,

China has two disputed regions with them.

Sometimes China and India are like two monstrous titans slamming into each other at high velocity.

有時中國和印度像是兩位巨人,互相衝撞

It's very difficult to really approach this topic without somebody getting angry or upset,

在談論這議題時,很難有人保持理性