21 shocking facts about China
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…
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1. For the military to keep their heads straight and high, a needle sticks out of their collars.
2. The military police teach their people to raise their hands during the march to a certain height, using a wire tied to poles.
3. In China, about 100 million people live on an amount equal to $ 1 a day.
4. Ketchup appeared in China as a fish sauce called ke-tsiap.
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.
6. Although China is officially a non—religious country, more than 54 million Christians live in it.
7. In China, 4 times more convicts are executed than in any other country.
8. Attention, gourmets! In Dunyan (this is such a city), eggs boiled in the urine of virgin boys are a true delicacy.
9. Google, in partnership with the world's largest record labels, allows Chinese people to download music for free.
10. The Chinese police are increasingly using geese instead of police dogs because of the aggressiveness and excellent eyesight of these birds.
11. Every year, almost a million abortions are registered in China if a girl is to be born, as well as tens of thousands of baby girls are abandoned - and all because of the one-child policy.
12. 30 million people in China live in cave houses called yaodong. That's more than the population of Australia.
13. China poisons the atmosphere with emissions so much that the air polluted in the Celestial Empire reaches San Francisco through the Pacific Ocean, which increases the level of pollution of this American city by more than a third.
14. Some Chinese food industry companies were caught making tofu from household drains and marinating meat in goat urine.
15. Women in China can pay $700 for hymen repair surgery to pass for a virgin.
16. Breathing the air in Beijing is like smoking 21 cigarettes a day.
17. In 1973, China offered to bring 10 million Chinese women to the United States to help eliminate the demographic crisis.
18. PlayStation game consoles are illegal in China.
19. 4 million cats are eaten in China every year.
20. In Shanghai, a record was set for the longest traffic jam — its length was 99 km, and the duration was 12 days.
21. In Chongqing, people who can't tear themselves away from their phones walk along special paths so as not to injure themselves and not to injure others.