China Weekly News Quiz: December 6-13, 2020

1

China observed the seventh national memorial day for over 300,000 Nanjing Massacre victims on December 13. During the massacre at the hands of the Japanese in 1937, a foreign businessman named John Rabe helped save hundreds of thousands of Chinese lives. Which country was Rabe from?

Russia
France
Italy
Germany

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2

China's Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions on December 10 stopped visa-free entry of diplomatic passport holders from ____________

Canada
U.S.
UK
Australia

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3

The picture shows a wooden object that is almost 2,000 years old. It is one of several items excavated from an archaeological site in east China's Zhejiang Province, local authorities said on December 10. What is this object?

A bat used in a sport
A weapon
A cooking utensil
A slip used for writing

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4

Beijing has launched a special system to address people's concerns over the safety of imported frozen food after COVID-19 cases linked to such products were reported. What is this system?

A system of vaccinating all imported meat products
A system of testing all frozen products at source
A system involving provision of special test kits for meat
A system of providing products' logistic information

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5

China ranks No. 1 in the world for its MOOCs, according to data released at the first Global MOOC Conference in Beijing on December 11. What does MOOC stand for?

Multidimensional online opportunity for cooperation
Massive online open course
Medicine for osmosis-based ophthalmic care
Memorandum on online consultancy

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6

China and Nepal announced on December 8 that the new height of the world's tallest peak, Mt. Qomolangma, known in the West as Mt. Everest, is 8,848.86 meters, 4.43 meters higher than the previous figure. Why did they have to measure the height again?

Mt. Qomolangma is alive and grows just like a tree
Old measurement method was wrong
Mountain grew over time due to shifting tectonic plates
Mountain grew over time due to volcanic activity

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7

The orbiter-returner of China's Chang'e-5 probe last week entered the moon-Earth transfer orbit and is set to return to Earth soon. Where in China will it land?

Siziwang, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China
Xichang, Sichuan Province, southwest China
Gobi Desert, Gansu Province, northwest China
Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China

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