China, along with India and Egypt, is one of the oldest states. Located in East Asia, the country has made a huge contribution to the development of world art, science, and culture.
Interesting facts about China:
● The population of China is approximately 1.4 billion people. This is one-fourth of the world’s population.
● In 1980, due to overpopulation, the Chinese government adopted a one-child policy, which led to an aging population. Now the government is considering abolishing this law and at the same time prohibiting the determination of the sex of the future child. The thing is that in families it is more prestigious to have a boy, and if it turns out that the child is a girl on the ultrasound, many mothers have an abortion.
● China has counted approximately 100 species of animals that are no longer found anywhere else. The most famous of them are the Snow Leopard and the Panda.
● It was in China that paper, a compass, silk, printing, porcelain, a parachute, a mechanical clock, and this is far from all, first appeared.
● The territory of China is located in 5 time zones, but everyone lives on one time, due to so-called economic necessity.
● Most American and European companies have moved to China because of the high speed of production and lower production costs. Now the inscription “Made in China” is everywhere.
● Li and Wang are the most common surnames in China, and there are over 3,000 of them. But it should be noted that approximately 80% of the population have only a hundred surnames.
● Chinese food is an acquired taste. In addition to cooking everything they see, it will be difficult to eat if you do not know how to use chopsticks.
● A terrible fact: the enterprise of the Chinese knows no bounds, they even sew fur coats from cats. Perhaps there is a fear of Chinese people – sinophobia – in the list of phobias because of this fact.
● China has big problems with housing. Not everyone can afford to buy a full-fledged apartment, so capsules – rooms with only two square meters and a bed – are widespread.
● The Great Wall of China is the largest architectural monument, 8,851 km long. Initially, it was created to protect the territory from warlike nomadic tribes.
● In China, the death penalty is imposed more often than in any other country in the world. Moreover, they can execute not only a citizen of the PRC.
● Natural gas as fuel was first used by the Chinese.
● Interestingly, the color of mourning in China is white.
● The official language is Mandarin Chinese, but there are many nationalities in China with their own languages and dialects, over 200 of them.
● China has the largest variety of martial arts in the world, the most famous of which are Wushu and Kung Fu.
● Chinese people constantly violate traffic rules, so they have the highest mortality rate on the roads.
● Calligraphy in China occupies a leading place among all types of art, which is not surprising, since there are over 87,000 hieroglyphs.
● At the moment, over 2.2 million people serve in the Chinese army, and this is the largest army in the world. And during large-scale military operations, they can put under arms approximately 400 million people.
● It was the Chinese who were the first to grow and brew tea. Tea appeared in China in the 3rd century BC, and later this drink became widespread throughout the world.
● China is a powerful sports country. Every year, the government spends over $500 million on sports, and Olympic winners are given a kilogram of pure gold and a significant amount of money.
● With each passing year, China loses over 1,000 km² of valuable territory due to the expansion of deserts, which already occupy almost a third of the country. Therefore, since 1970, the “Green Chinese Wall” project has been working here, which is aimed at building massive barriers of trees and shrubs in the way of the desert.
● In addition to traditional religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, Christianity and Islam have also found a good place in China.
