21 shocking facts about China

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Many of us don't know much about our own country, so it's not surprising that these facts about China will seem, if not shocking, then at least surprising. Geopolitics experts call China a "sleeping dragon" because of its rapidly growing economy and ever-increasing influence in the world. But what don't we know about the Chinese? And here's what…

21 shocking facts about China

1. For the military to keep their heads straight and high, a needle sticks out of their collars.

21 shocking facts about China

2. The military police teach their people to raise their hands during the march to a certain height, using a wire tied to poles.

21 shocking facts about China

3. In China, about 100 million people live on an amount equal to $ 1 a day.

21 shocking facts about China

4. Ketchup appeared in China as a fish sauce called ke-tsiap.

21 shocking facts about China

5. At McDonald's, the Chinese do not take the food they bought from the car with them — they bring the food into the restaurant itself and eat it there.

21 shocking facts about China

6. Although China is officially a non—religious country, more than 54 million Christians live in it.

21 shocking facts about China

7. In China, 4 times more convicts are executed than in any other country.

21 shocking facts about China

8. Attention, gourmets! In Dunyan (this is such a city), eggs boiled in the urine of virgin boys are a true delicacy.

21 shocking facts about China

9. Google and Facebook are not available in China. Theoretically, residents of the country can use the services of these companies via VPN, but officially both do not work in the Chinese market. Google left China in 2010 after unsuccessful attempts to fight regulators for the right to work without censorship.

21 shocking facts about China

10. The Chinese police are increasingly using geese instead of police dogs because of the aggressiveness and excellent eyesight of these birds.

21 shocking facts about China

11. Previously, almost a million abortions were registered in China every year if a girl was to be born, as well as tens of thousands of baby girls were abandoned - and all because of the one—child policy that has been in effect in the country since 1979. In 2021, this policy was canceled and now married couples can have three children.

21 shocking facts about China

12. 30 million people in China live in cave houses called yaodong. That's more than the population of Australia.

21 shocking facts about China

13. China is poisoning the atmosphere with emissions so much that the polluted The celestial air reaches San Francisco through the Pacific Ocean, which increases the level of pollution of this American city by more than a third.

21 shocking facts about China

14. Some Chinese food industry companies were caught making tofu from household drains and marinating meat in goat urine.

21 shocking facts about China

15. Women in China can pay $700 for hymen repair surgery to pass for a virgin.

21 shocking facts about China

16. Breathe air in Beijing is like smoking 21 cigarettes a day.

21 shocking facts about China

17. In 1973, China offered to bring 10 million Chinese women to the United States to help eliminate the demographic crisis.

21 shocking facts about China

18. PlayStation game consoles are illegal in China.

21 shocking facts about China

19. 4 million cats are eaten in China every year.

21 shocking facts about China

20. In Shanghai, a record was set for the longest traffic jam — its length was 99 km, and the duration was 12 days.

21 shocking facts about China

21. In Chongqing, people who cannot tear themselves away from their phones walk along special paths so as not to injure themselves and not to injure others.

     

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