Explanation

Kashgar is an oasis city in the Tarim Basin region of Southern Xinjiang.

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It is one of the westernmost cities in China, near the border with:

Afghanistan,

Kyrgyzstan,

Tajikistan

and Pakistan.

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Kashgar a population of over 500,000

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Kashgar has served as an important city on the Silk Road between:

China,

the Middle East

and Europe 

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Kashgar is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the World.

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Kashgar has been under the rule of the:

Chinese

Turkic

Mongol

Tibetan empires

AGM 08-01-2023

ND30-4-2023

Explanation

The earliest known use of paper money in China is from the Tang dynasty.

Tang dynasty lasted from the year 618 to 907 AD.

Explanation

As of April 23, 2024, the top five wheat-producing countries in the world are:

1. China: 136.5 million metric tons
2. European Union: 133.6 million metric tons
3. India: 110.5 million metric tons
4. Russia: 91 million metric tons
5. United States: The world's fourth-largest producer 

USA is the largest Wheat exporter in the world

Explanation

• Know everything about BRICS: 
• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• BRICS Member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
  
• BRICS total members: 10 
• South Africa joined BRICS: 2010
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009) 

Explanation

China is the world's largest producer of rice, making up 30% of global rice production

while

India is the second largest producer of Rice in the world. 

ND27-7-2023

Explanation

Pig iron is the product of smelting iron ore with a high-carbon fuel and reluctant such as coke, usually with limestone as a flux. Charcoal and anthracite are also used as fuel and reductant.

Pig iron is produced by smelting or iron ore in blast furnaces or by smelting ilmenite in electric furnaces

Explanation

The Democracy Wall is located on the third floor of Academic One Beijing, China

The original Democracy Wall, from 1978,

It was a focal point for democratic discourse in Beijing.

Democracy Wall Movement

Part of Beijing Spring, Reform and Opening Up, and the Chinese Democracy Movement

Date: November 1978 – Spring 1981

Caused by: Death of Zhou Enlai, cessation of the Cultural Revolution post death of Mao Zedong

Explanation

China announced 84 percent of Tariffs on US Goods in Response to Trade War Escalation.

In response to the Trump administration's 104% tariffs on Chinese imports, China raised its tariffs on US goods to as high as 84%.

On April 9, 2025 US President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for all countries except China. 

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Explanation

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared China malaria-free,

after a 70-year effort to wipe it out.

China used to report 30 million cases a year during the 1940s.

Explanation

• Know everything about BRICS: 
• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• BRICS Member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
  
• BRICS total members: 10 
• South Africa joined BRICS: 2010
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009)