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Many Singaporean, including myself, claimed to know something about
China yet do not know enough depth about it. I often stumble when
talking to the local Chinese. Often they would quote or reference from
their huge repertoire of Chinese history, events, person, books as if I
knew them as well. The amazing thing is that almost every local can
start a running commentary once a topic is mentioned. They seems to be
a natural ability to remember facts and to deliver in a very seemly
learned way. My reaction was to simile back in agreement.

Wikipedia is a great source for any kind of information. Firefox has a Wikipedia search engine plugin which I use very frequently to search and look up information.

Recently I often use Wikipedia to look up China related infomation. To boost my knowledge of one the oldest continuous civilizations. A good starting point would be articles like People’s Republic of China, China, Chinese language, Wikiportal on China.

I had also made some minor contributions to some
content on Wikipedia. To share back knowledge to the internet community because sharing is the one of the best way to learn. As I go along however, I started to discover that there are many undercurrents going on. Especially on the different definitions and how people understand certain terms. I am rather indifference and neutual about the topics although I can appreciate the contention behind them.

Take for example the terms China, mainland China, PRC; Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; Taiwan, ROC. I think sometime as Singaporean, I do not appreciate the intense sentiment behind the differences. To me I am very clear what they mean. But to Wikipedia which avocates a neutual point-of-view, a delicate task.