The artichoke is the large flower bud of a type of thistle native to the Mediterranean region. It was likely developed from the cardoon which has small buds and whose base and stems were eaten in ancient Greece.he artichoke is the large flower bud of a type of thistle native to the Mediterranean region. It was likely developed from the cardoon which has small buds and whose base and stems were eaten in ancient Greece.
Sichuan Province. Located in the upper reaches of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River in the southwest part of China, it is bounded by Shaanxi, Gansu,Qinghai,Yunnan, Guizhou, Xizang(Tibet) and Chongqing Municipality, and has long been known as a land of plenty or Heaven on Earth for its abundance of products.Area: about 480000km2.Sichuan has a varied topography. Mountainous areas occupy its west, and Sichuan Basin and its peripheral highlands predominate in the east. The relief of the eastern region is in sharp contrast to that of the west.he precipitation is lower in the west than in the east. Sichuan has a long history and was once the place of the Ba and Shu States during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, therefore, possessing a great number of cultural relics and historic sites.
Though large in size, China is not a subcontinent. Unlike India, China is not a peninsula either. It is a country that is not surrounded by water. The government in China is Single-party socialist state. The currency in China is Yuan. The capital city of China is Bejing.