Sunday, October 14, 2012

The difference between Saudi Arabia and China

    Every country has its unique culture, even Saudi Arabia and China have many things in common, there are still a lot of difference between these two country. They are both located in Asia. After ZhangQian built The Silk Road in Han Dynasty, they started their commerce. At the time of Tang Dynasty, these two country start their diplomacy. There are many connections between them, but they still have many difference in daily life, like marriage, religion and birth control policy.
    Saudi Arabia and China have different kind of marriage. Saudi Arabia implements polygamy, a man can have four wives in the same time. China implements monogamy, a man can have only one wife in the same time. A man who has two or more wives will be sent to jail in China. But for women, these two country are the same, a woman can just has one husband in the same time.
    The difference of marriage between these two country comes from their different religion condition. In Saudi Arabia, Islam is the state religion. Saudi Arabia implements polygamy depends on their religion. In China, there is no state religion, and there are many kinds of religion in China : Dao, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Catholicism and so on. People in Saudi Arabia are all believe in Islam, most of Chinese are atheist. China has free religious belief policy, but the members of Chinese Communist Party must be atheists.
    China also has a policy named One-child policy, but Saudi Arabia has pro-breeding policy. In China, most of people can have only one child. China implements this policy because of the huge population in China. There are some exceptions: if the husband and wife are both from one-child family, they can have two children; some minorities have different birth control policy. People in Saudi Arabia can have children as many as they want, Saudi Arabia's government encourage their people have more children. A couple have over ten children is very normal in Saudi Arabia.  
    Saudi Arabia has a relationship with China for a long time. Even these two countries have many differences, they still have a very good relationship. The difference between these two country and their people can not prevent Chinese make friends with Saudi Arabic.

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