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  2. Chinese numerals - Wikipedia

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    The other indigenous system consists of the Suzhou numerals, or huama, a positional system, the only surviving form of the rod numerals. These were once used by Chinese mathematicians, and later by merchants in Chinese markets, such as those in Hong Kong until the 1990s, but were gradually supplanted by Arabic numerals.

  3. Chinese number gestures - Wikipedia

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    Northern China: The thumb and index finger make an "L" and the other fingers are closed, with the palm facing the observer. Northern China : The index finger and middle finger point down and with the fingertips optionally touching a horizontal surface, making the Chinese number 8 ("八").

  4. List of numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    "A base is a natural number B whose powers (B multiplied by itself some number of times) are specially designated within a numerical system." [1]: 38 The term is not equivalent to radix, as it applies to all numerical notation systems (not just positional ones with a radix) and most systems of spoken numbers. [1]

  5. Chinese mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Mathematics emerged independently in China by the 11th century BCE. [1] The Chinese independently developed a real number system that includes significantly large and negative numbers, more than one numeral system (binary and decimal), algebra, geometry, number theory and trigonometry.

  6. Telephone numbers in China - Wikipedia

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    114 – Directory assistance, operated by China Unicom for the northern 10 provinces, and China Telecom for the southern 21 provinces. China Unicom also operates 116114, and China Telecom 118114 that provide the same service as 114. 116xxx – Premium service of China Unicom (e.g. 116114) 118xxx – Premium service of China Telecom (e.g. 118114)

  7. North China - Wikipedia

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    North China (Chinese: 华北) is a region of the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia. Part of the larger region of Northern China (Beifang), it lies north of the Qinling–Huaihe Line, [3] with its heartland in the North China Plain.

  8. Explainer-Why was northern China ravaged by floods? - AOL

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    A Chinese river basin where 110 million people live has been hit by the worst floods since 1963 despite massive mitigation efforts, particularly during the rule of Mao Zedong, overwhelmed by the ...

  9. Suzhou numerals - Wikipedia

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    The Suzhou numeral system is the only surviving variation of the rod numeral system. The rod numeral system is a positional numeral system used by the Chinese in mathematics. Suzhou numerals are a variation of the Southern Song rod numerals. Suzhou numerals were used as shorthand in number-intensive areas of commerce such as accounting and ...