Can you name four of China’s imperial dynasties? Can you put them in chronological order? Which two languages in India have the most native speakers? What is the significance of 1868 in Japanese history? What is the second most popular religion in Indonesia?Alright, now let’s push you a bit. Which is the only south-east Asian country that wasn’t colonised by Europeans? The Imjin War was perhaps the largest anywhere on Earth in the 16th century. Which countries fought it? How many words could you write about the life of the Buddha before exhausting your knowledge? Or of Confucius? Could you blag a paragraph? What was the former’s name?
你能說出中國的四個王朝嗎?你能把它們按時間順序排列嗎?在印度,哪兩種語言的母語使用者最多?1868年在日本歷史上的意義是什麼?印尼第二大流行宗教是什麼?