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The earliest historical linguistic evidence of the spoken Chinese language dates back approximately 4500 years, [1] while examples of the writing system that would become written Chinese are attested in a body of inscriptions made on bronze vessels and oracle bones during the Late Shang period (c. 1250 – 1050 BCE), [2] [3] with the very oldest dated to c. 1200 BCE.
There are several hundred languages in China.The predominant language is Standard Chinese, which is based on Beijingese, but there are hundreds of related Chinese languages, collectively known as Hanyu (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, 'Han language'), that are spoken by 92% of the population.
Cantonese was the dominant Chinese language of the Chinese Australian community from the time the first ethnic Chinese settlers arrived in the 1850s until the mid-2000s, when a heavy increase in immigration from Mandarin-speakers largely from mainland China led to Mandarin surpassing Cantonese as the dominant Chinese dialect spoken. Cantonese ...
The earliest surviving Chinese maps appeared. The first Chinese star catalogue was compiled. 389 BC: The Zuo Zhuan was published. 386 BC: The city of Handan was founded to serve as the Zhao capital. 381 BC: The Chu prime minister Wu Qi was murdered by nobles at the funeral of its king King Dao of Chu. 376 BC: An died. 375 BC
Waves of Chinese emigration have happened throughout history. They include the emigration to Southeast Asia beginning from the 10th century during the Tang dynasty, to the Americas during the 19th century, particularly during the California gold rush in the mid-1800s; general emigration initially around the early to mid 20th century which was mainly caused by corruption, starvation, and war ...
The Chinese in America. A Narrative History. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-200417-0. (Nachdruck) Cassel, Susan Lan. The Chinese in America: A History from Gold Mountain to the New Millennium, AltaMira Press, 2002, ISBN 0-7591-0001-2; Lai, Him Mark, Becoming Chinese American. A History of Communities and Institutions: AltaMira Press, 2004, ISBN 0-7591-0458-1
Cohen, Warren I. America’s Response To China: A History Of Sino-American Relations (6th ed. Columbia UP, 2019) 2010 edition online; Garver, John W. China's quest: the history of the foreign relations of the people's Republic of China (2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2018), chapters 3, 9, 11, 21, 23, 24. MacMillan, Margaret.
Countries described in Zhang Qian's report (visited countries are highlighted in blue). The Western Han envoy Zhang Qian traveled beyond the Tarim Basin in the 2nd century BC, introducing the Chinese to the kingdoms of Central Asia , Hellenized Persia , India , and the Middle East in search of allies against the Xiongnu .