Cultural Diversity In China

China is an enormously large country, and the traditions and customs of its populace vary by geography and ethnicity. More than 1.3 billion people live in China, representing 56 minority groups. The largest group is the Han Chinese, with about 900 million people. Other groups include the Tibetans, the Mongols, the Manchus, the Naxi, and the Hezhen. The Chinese Communist Party that rules the nation is officially atheist. In recent years, they have become more tolerant of religions. Currently, China has five official religions of, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism. About a quarter of the people practice Taoism and Confucianism and other traditional religions. There are also small numbers of Buddhists, Muslims and Christians. Standard Chinese or Mandarin is the official language of China. There are seven major groups of dialects of the Chinese language, which each have their own variations. Mandarin dialects are spoken by 71.5 percent of the population, followed by Wu (8.5 percent), Yue (also called Cantonese; 5 …show more content…
The majority of the people are Christians, with the Catholic Church having the most believers. Christians, represents 67.3% of the Canadians, which are followed by people having no religion with 23.9%. Then it is followed by religions like Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and others. The preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms refers to God and the monarch carries the title of "Defender of the Faith". However, unlike China, Canada has no official religion or Church, and support for religious pluralism and freedom of religion is an important part of Canada's political culture. English and French are the two official languages of Canada. About 98% of people in Canada can speak English and/or French. Canada’s government practices official bilingualism, which means English and French have equal status in all federal