fun facts
Here are 20 cool facts about China.
1. China has the world's largest standing army and the second largest defense budget.
2. 100 million people in China live on less than US dollar a day.
3. China executes the death penalty more than 4 times the rest of the world combined.
4. China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year.
5. In China, 35 million people still live in caves.
6. The Sunrise in parts of China can be as late as 10 AM because the country joined its five time zones into one.
7. Every 30 seconds a baby is born with a birth defect in China.
8. Table Tennis is China's national sport.
9. PlayStation is illegal in China.
10. A new skyscraper is made in China every five days.
11. The word "censorship" is censored in China.
12. More people go to church on Sunday in China than the whole of Europe Combined.
13. Every year, nearly four million cats are eaten as a delicacy.
14. In 1973, China proposed to give 10 million women to the US to boost USA's population.
15. China used more cement in 3 years (2011 to 2013) than the US used in the whole 20th century.
16. Half of the world's pigs live in China
17. Rich people in China hire body doubles to serve their prison sentence.
18. Facebook has 95 million uses in China despite it being banned.
19. If you could dig a whole deep enough from China you would end up in Argentina or Chile.
20. It is estimated that about 600,000 people die in China every year from issues related to overwork.
1. China has the world's largest standing army and the second largest defense budget.
2. 100 million people in China live on less than US dollar a day.
3. China executes the death penalty more than 4 times the rest of the world combined.
4. China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year.
5. In China, 35 million people still live in caves.
6. The Sunrise in parts of China can be as late as 10 AM because the country joined its five time zones into one.
7. Every 30 seconds a baby is born with a birth defect in China.
8. Table Tennis is China's national sport.
9. PlayStation is illegal in China.
10. A new skyscraper is made in China every five days.
11. The word "censorship" is censored in China.
12. More people go to church on Sunday in China than the whole of Europe Combined.
13. Every year, nearly four million cats are eaten as a delicacy.
14. In 1973, China proposed to give 10 million women to the US to boost USA's population.
15. China used more cement in 3 years (2011 to 2013) than the US used in the whole 20th century.
16. Half of the world's pigs live in China
17. Rich people in China hire body doubles to serve their prison sentence.
18. Facebook has 95 million uses in China despite it being banned.
19. If you could dig a whole deep enough from China you would end up in Argentina or Chile.
20. It is estimated that about 600,000 people die in China every year from issues related to overwork.