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The national
anthem is called "the march of the volunteers" |
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Less than one
per cent of China's 500 cities have clean air |
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1,800 cigarette's
are smoked per person each year in China |
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Respiratory
Disease is China's leading cause of death. |
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China includes
more than 3400 offshore islands, of which Hainan, in the South
China Sea, is by far the largest. |
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Snake is a
delicacy in China |
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In 16th century
China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt |
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China has the
largest military in the world. |
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The total area
of China is about 9,571,300 sq km (about 3,695,000 sq mi). |
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In Chinese, the
Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan 'finger-lickin' good' came out as
'eat your fingers off.' |
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China, the
fourth largest country in the world, is big enough to have several
time zones, but only has one. |
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The capital of
China is Beijing. |
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The country's
largest city is Shanghai. |
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The Chinese year
is based on the cycles of the moon. This is called a lunar
schedule. The Chinese new year is different every year, but
is usually comes between the end of January and the middle of
February. A complete cycle of the Chinese calendar takes 60
years, or 5 sets of 12. The Chinese calendar dates back to
2600 B.C. It is the oldest known calendar. |
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The Chang Jiang
river is the fourth longest river in the world. |
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There are more
than 40,000 characters in the Chinese script |
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more people
speak English in China than the United States |
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There is a tea
in China called "White Tea" it is simply boiled water |
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China produces
278,564,356,980 eggs per year |
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The Chinese
built a battery that lasted 400 years |
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The Chinese
Lettered goldfish has Chinese characters on it, it has been achieved
though many years of cross breeding |
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Approximately
98% of software in China is Pirated |
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The Toothbrush
was invented in China in 1498
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