{"id":12160,"date":"2026-07-02T10:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/%d7%a4%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%aa-3-%d7%94%d7%93%d7%a8%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%9f-%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%99\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:24:47","slug":"activity3-the-chinese-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/activity3-the-chinese-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity 3: The Chinese Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12160\" class=\"elementor elementor-12160 elementor-8008\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa5c9b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aa5c9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55a0c02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Symbols of China<\/span><\/a> \\(\\blacktriangleright\\) Activity 3: The Chinese Dragon<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e10e3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e10e3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activity 3: The Chinese Dragon<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d62330a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d62330a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c057fa e-con-full 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