The Supreme China Rooster

• 作者: INESA PLESKACHEUSKAYA
• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 地球科学
• 关键词: 中国 地图 历史研究 改革开放
• 年，卷（期）: 2006,（4）
• 页码范围: 58-59
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: K92

摘要

<正>WHEN looking at the map of China, its shape appears uncannily similar to that of a rooster. Its head is in the Northeastern provinces, its magnificent tail includes Xinjiang and Tibet and its wings spread over the resource-rich basins of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers. The belly of this cockerel is in the southeast, and Hainan and Taiwan islands are its feet. The tour guide on the Yangtze River cruise who pointed out this similarity to me explained: 'This shows that Taiwan is definitely an inalienable part of China; a rooster