China Facts
China Facts
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| Interesting China Facts: |
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| China is the second largest country in the world (by land), with 9.6 million square kilometers. |
| China's population is more than 1.3 billion total people. |
| Approximately 47% of China's people live in urban areas. |
| China's capital city is Beijing. |
| Shanghai is China's most populated city. |
| China's flag is red and has five stars. |
| China experiences a vast array of weather including typhoons, droughts, earthquakes, floods and even tsunamis. |
| The United States is the only country in the world with a larger economy than China. |
| China is the third country to send a man into space. They succeeded at this in 2006. |
| The fourth longest river in the world is the Yangtze River and it is located in China. It is 5,797km long. |
| China borders Vietnam, Tajikistan, Russia, Pakistan, Nepal, Mongolia, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea, Kazakhstan, India, Burma, Bhutan, and Afghanistan. |
| China's national anthem is March of the Volunteers. It was written by the poet Tian Han in 1935. The composer was Nie Er. |
| There are approximately 1,000 surviving giant panda's, most of them living in the Sichuan Province. This animal is China's national treasure. |
| There are more bird species in China than anywhere else in the world. |
| China is home to the world's oldest tree species, the gingko. It is believed to date back approximately 160 million years ago, to the Jurassic Age. |
| China is made up of deserts, plains, mountains and high plateaus. China is home to the world's highest mountain - Mount Qomolangma. It reaches 29,035 feet. |
| Most of China's religious followers are Buddhists. Other religions followed in China include Christianity, Islam and Taoism. |
| Since 1949, the life expectancy in China has risen by 35 years, to just over 71 years, due to improved health care. |
| The economy in China has continued to grow since 1978 due to reforms in economic policies. |
| There are more executions in China than in all the other countries combined. |
| There are approximately 100,000 mass protests annually in China. |
| Approximately 50% of the counterfeit goods distributed throughout the world come from China. |
| Because of water pollution, approximately 700 million people in China consume water that is contaminated each day. |
| China was host to the Olympics in 2008. China won 51 gold medals, with a total of 100 medals in all. |
| The Chinese food we buy in fast food take-out restaurants is not really Chinese cuisine. It has been adapted to tastes of the western world. |
| Popular Chinese food includes pork, soybeans, wheat, vegetables, rice, noodles, sauces. and seasonings. |
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