Instead of running on wires as in the Chinese and Japanese models, the beads of Roman model run in grooves, presumably making arithmetic calculations much slower.

A Han Dynasty ( 202 BC – 220 AD ) Chinese miniature model of two residential towers joined by a bridge

Confucius looked nostalgically upon earlier days, and urged the Chinese, particularly those with political power, to model themselves on earlier examples.

The model of an egg was often used by Chinese astronomers like Zhang Heng ( 78-139 AD ) to describe the heavens as spherical:

This alliance was short lived, however, as Guinea moved towards a Chinese model of socialism.

* 1988 – Liu Wen, Chinese model

However, the Chinese economic model is widely cited as a contemporary form of state capitalism, the major difference between Western capitalism and the Chinese model being the degree of state-ownership of shares in publicly listed corporations.

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has adopted a similar model after the Doi Moi economic renovation, but slightly differs from the Chinese model in that the Vietnamese government retains firm control over the state sector and strategic industries, but allows for private-sector activity in commodity production.

The Chinese historical form of dynasty history, or Jizhuanti history of dynasties, was codified in the second dynastic history by Ban Gu ’ s ( 班固 ) History of Han ( 漢書 ), but historians regard Sima ’ s work as their model, which stands as the " official format " of the history of China.

Sima's Shiji is respected as a model of biographical literature with high literary value and still stands as a " textbook " for the study of classical Chinese.

However, " the Chinese government prefers the celibate model of ... Quanzhen clergy ", while " Zhengyi clergy are often married, and often reside at home.

Indeed this is still the operational model followed by the Chinese Navy with its Type 025 class torpedo boat for the protection of its coastal and estuarial waters.

In 2009, China FAW Group Corporation equipped their Hongqi HQE with a 6. 0 L DOHC V12 ( model # CA12VG ), making it the first and only Chinese production passenger car so equipped.

After 2000 years Sima Qian's model still dominates scholarship, although the dynastic cycle is no longer used for modern Chinese history.

A Han dynasty Chinese stove model with cooking pots showing the basic attributes that derived to modern wok stoves.

** Fann Wong, Singaporean Chinese actress, model, and singer

** Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model

* The earliest known winnowing machine is depicted in a Han Dynasty Chinese tomb model.

* The Chinese engineer and prince Li Gao invents a successful model of a paddle-wheel ship.

* The Chinese polymath statesman and scientist Su Song has the successful pilot model for his astronomical clock tower constructed in Kaifeng, China.

The Chinese Nanhai De Xing Leather Shoes Habiliment Co., Ltd .' s online store describes the color of a model of man's leather boots as " nigger-brown ".

Rexroth uses many of his early poems when he reads to jazz, including many of his Chinese and Japanese translations ; ;

American Chinese cuisine often uses ingredients not native and very rarely used in China.

* Egg roll – While native Chinese spring rolls have a thin crispy skin with mushrooms, bamboo, and other vegetables inside, the Westernized version ( specifically the version found in such American Northeast metro areas as Boston and New York ) uses a thick, fried skin stuffed with cabbage and usually bits of meat or seafood ( such as pork or shrimp ), but no egg.

* Moo shu pork – The native Chinese version uses more typically Chinese ingredients ( including wood ear fungi and daylily buds ) and thin flour pancakes while the American version uses vegetables more familiar to Americans and thicker pancakes.

Chinese astrology has a close relation with Chinese philosophy ( theory of the three harmonies: heaven, earth and man ) and uses concepts such as yin and yang, the Five phases, the 10 Celestial stems, the 12 Earthly Branches, and shichen ( 時辰 a form of timekeeping used for religious purposes ).

Ancient and medieval Chinese sources list other uses of kites for measuring distances, testing the wind, lifting men, signalling, and communication for military operations.

) Latin, which is highly synthetic, uses affixes and inflections to convey the same information that Chinese does with syntax.

Winston Tong, singer with Tuxedomoon, uses it on his 15-minute song, " The Hunger " from his debut solo album Theoretically Chinese.

This article uses the term " Mandarin " in the sense used by linguists, referring to the diverse group of Mandarin dialects spoken in northern and southwestern China, which Chinese linguists call Guānhuà.

This system uses Chinese characters in a variety of functions: their usual ideographic or logographic senses ; to represent Japanese syllables phonetically ; and sometimes in a combination of these functions.

A language like Classical Chinese instead uses unbound (" free ") morphemes, but depends on post-phrase affixes, and word order to convey meaning.

China covers a large geographic area and uses the concept of " Zhonghua minzu " or Chinese nationality, in the sense of ethnic groups, but it also officially recognizes the majority Han ethnic group which accounts for over 90 % of the population, and no fewer than 55 ethnic national minorities.

As of 2008, English-language official Chinese state media no longer uses the term " People's Liberation Army Navy ", instead the term " Chinese Navy " along with the usage of the prefix " CNS " for " Chinese Navy Ship " is now employed.

However, the Chinese developed a technique in the 1990s in which a penholder uses both sides of the racket to hit the ball, where the player produces a backhand stroke ( most often topspin ) by turning the traditional side of the racket to face one's self, and striking the ball with the opposite side of the racket.

Mandarin Chinese uses different words for wok, guō or chǎocàiguō.

In over one hundred thousand written Chinese characters, the book covered land preparation, seeding, cultivation, orchard management, forestry, animal husbandry, trade, and culinary uses for crops.

In over 100, 000 written Chinese characters, the book covers land preparation, seeding, cultivation, orchard management, forestry, animal husbandry, trade, and culinary uses for crops.

* Ma Jun, a Chinese mechanical engineer from Cao Wei, invents the South Pointing Chariot, a path-finding directional compass vehicle that uses a differential gear, not magnetics.

Ancient and medieval Chinese sources list other uses of kites for measuring distances, testing the wind, lifting men, signalling, and communication for military operations.

The JL-8, for the Chinese domestic market, was originally powered by the Ukrainian Ivchenko-Progress AI-25TLK turbofan jet engine with 16. 9 KN of thrust, but this has been replaced by the WS-11, the Chinese-manufactured copy of the AI-25TLK.