United Kingdom new history textbooks of China _ penalties

United Kingdom in the new history textbook Zhang of China cloud I recently saw a new middle school history textbooks, United Kingdom title as the "inProgress" History (history), is a United Kingdom Heinemann Publishing House published in 2008. This set of textbooks has rare reference on China. The first book, there are 4-page introduction to China, the second book is 8 pages. I work in the United Kingdom's high school, in the past I have never seen it mentioned in a textbook. The so-called world history, just talking about Europe and the United States. Even talking about World War II, the focus is on Europe. Therefore, to see this new set of textbooks mentioned China, I carefully read. The new history textbook description United Kingdom began to be interested in. Volume 1 is to the seventh grade (grade, 11-12) students in reading, involving China's content are: "the middle ages, life in China?", there is also a culture, entitled "comparison of medieval times in China and England's life". In the past, for the purposes of the United Kingdom, the Chinese students seem to be non-existent. However, such a unit, the focus is the comparison of Chinese and English. Why not compare England and Japan? why not compare England and Thailand? "China invention" consists of two pages, the text is written: "now, China is the world's most important countries in the world. China's population of about 13 billion, more than 20 times that of the United Kingdom. Today we daily use, many of which are made in China. "Went on to talk about China's major inventions: postal services, porcelain, paper, silk, canals, printing, gunpowder, iron and steel. See the "postal services", I really started. In fact, the text says so: "in the 13th century, China has an excellent post on the service. Emperor enjoy the best service. Reliable Messenger on horseback messengers for the emperor. Every few kilometres, for a new horse so that one day you can embark on a 400 km/h. The second letter and so on, by courier, Messenger, walk a few kilometers from a station. " This new history textbooks, volume II focuses on China:" Qing: people forgotten Empire? "using this book on the eighth-grade students (middle school, 12-13 years old). Text briefly describes the Ching dynasty has a tributary system, ambassadors to kowtow to the emperor. The text in the two paragraphs, excerpt a United Kingdom Ambassador Macartney returns the United Kingdom, the Emperor wrote to King George III of England. One segment writes: "wishes to establish trade with the Empire of the savage in foreign relations, not just the English one. Just think, if countries are to imitate evil of England, the King gave the land do trade, the monarch can agree? "(original:" the condition of Qianlong in Western countries, non-stop, a State. If they like King urge sent to Beijing, how can one listen to huh? "), the text concludes:" the Chinese people do a host of friendship, the Mission of the United Kingdom who fail. " Text also has two pages describes the lives of women in the Qing dynasty. Article published in an x-ray photographs, the United Kingdom the children into the history of Chinese foot-binding. The text to the end of the Chinese and Western culture comparison: "the Chinese Qing dynasty of foot binding and the same period of the European women's corsets are very similar. Wearing corsets leads women's physical deformities, not a bundle, a woman cannot sit or stand to take a deep breath ... "text is:" compare sikaoti Chinese foot-binding and European corset. Then a man how to treat women? "