All the mysteries of the middle Kingdom: 30 facts about China

China is a great country located in East Asia. She is best known for a record number of the population that exceeds 1.4 billion people, and high rates of economic growth. As over the past year, China has become a world leader in terms of GDP. And no wonder, because most of the products of international market is produced here. Here are 30 fascinating facts about China.

1. 100 million people in China live on less than $ 1 a day. (Daniel Foster)

2. The famous "fortune cookie" really is not traditional in China. This confection was first made in San Francisco at the beginning of the last century. (Mathieu Jarry)

3. Annually, the Chinese use 45 billion chopsticks; they cut down production to 20 million 20 year old trees. (Ken Weiss)

4. China bans reincarnation without government permission. (Kevin Jaako)

5. When in any zoo in the world has a baby of the giant Panda, it is transported to China for the expansion of the gene pool. Otherwise, the zoo just may not have giant pandas. (George Lu)

6. Since 2009, China blocked Facebook, Twitter and The New York Times. (SimonQ錫濛譙)

7. According to statistics, every third pair of socks made in the Chinese district of datang in Zhuji city, known as the "Town of socks". (Shena Tschofen)

8. Dawn in some regions of China may come at 10 am because the country joined five time zones into one. (Aaron Sorrell)

9. By 2020, 30 to 40 million men in China will not be able to marry because of the gender imbalance. (戴, 俊玮)

10. Table tennis is the national sport in China. (Emma White / The Whiteview Photography)

11. In China you can get a degree in the study of the bras. (Melissa Maples)

12. Annually because of the program "one child" more than a million Chinese women, pregnant girls have abortions, as well as tens of thousands of female babies are abandoned. (The Wu's Photo Land)

13. China is the largest shopping Mall in the world, while he completed only 1%. (Remko Tanis)

14. A series of PlayStation gaming consoles are illegal in China. (włodi)

15. Every five days in China with construction of a new skyscraper. (jo.sau)

16. More than 35 million Chinese people still live in caves. (Phil Parsons)

17. In China, there are camps to cure Internet addiction. (michael davis-burchat)

18. The Church in China visits (on Sundays) more people than in all of Europe. (Surfing The Nations)

19. 71% of people in China measure their success by the things that makes the Chinese people the most materialistic in the world. (Christian Junker — AHKGAP)

20. In 1973, China offered the U.S. 10 million Chinese women are "exported" to increase the birth rate. (Jonathan Kos-Read)

21. In the period from 2011 to 2013, China has used more cement than the US for all of the twentieth century. (mikeccross)

22. Half of all pigs in the world live in China. (woodleywonderworks)

23. Rich people in China have several doppelgangers, so they served them for a prison term in the event of arrest. (Kate Ter Haar)

24. In China is four metropolis of over 10 million people. This already exceeds the population of most countries of the world. (Pasu Au Yeung)

25. In China the death penalty is awarded and carried out 4 times more often than in all other countries of the world combined. For example, the management of the company in China was sentenced to death for fraud. (Patrick Feller)

26. In economic terms, China overtook the United States in 2014. (Robert Scoble)

27. Wordplay and pun are illegal on Chinese television or commercials. (Trey Ratcliff)

28. The first recorded use of marijuana occurred in China over 4,700 years ago. (Alexandra Moss)

29. Between the mainland and Macau is the bridge, where motorists have to switch from left-hand traffic for right-hand drive and Vice versa. (Doraemon.tvb)

30. Groundwater is 90% of Chinese cities is polluted. (Trey Ratcliff)