1. In January, an AI chatbot called DeepSeek shocked the US tech industry. Which country is it from?

2. Which vegetables, popular in Chinese dishes, are the bulb like stems of the bulrush?

3. After Russia, China is the biggest country of Asia, which one comes third?

4. What was the name of the rebellion of 1900 which saw Chinese nationalists dedicated to fighting European influence.

5. What can be found at Manns Chinese Cinema?

6. In which film did Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas play two news reporters who discover an operational flaw in a nuclear plant which the authorities are trying to cover up?

7. Considering that India has a population exeeding one billion people, how many gold medals did India win at the Beijing games of 2008?

8. What is the name of an official of the Chinese Empire and also a type of fruit?

9. Who were the first people known to have used paper money?

10. In July, Hong Kong celebrated how many years of Chinese rule?

11. What in China is a Sampan?

12. What was banned in China in 1911 as a sign of feudalism?

13. Plus or minus 1, how many time zones are there in China?

14. Name the six most populated cities in the world that end with the letter 'i'. One point for each correct answer. (hint; some new names apply here)

15. What name did Marco Polo give to northern China?

16. Based on the total amount of tourists, what were the five most visited countries in the world in 2009? One point for each correct answer.

17. Plus or minus two years, when was the People's Republic of China established?

18. What SASP is a popular Chinese restaurant dish?

19. Which British Prime Minister brought Ming Ming the panda from China?

20. Which pieces were the very first currency of the world, accepted almost everywhere and became the basis of many modern currencies, including the US dollar and the Chinese yuan.