Don't miss the most interesting facts about China
12/15/2016
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China is a beautiful country still mysterious and unfamiliar for us... Let's discover the most interesting things about this wonderful place together.
#1 Chinese seem unfriendly. This is their national trait not show their true feelings to strangers. Chinese can smile only to loved ones
#2 The majority of vegetarians in China has nothing to do with the mentality and beliefs. In some provinces, the price of meat and fish is so high that the ordinary citizen can’t afford it
#3 China is the birthplace of many things we can’t imagine life in our modern world without: printing, the compass, porcelain, silk, paper, gunpowder, a parachute, a suspension bridge, matches, etc.
#4 Fortune cookies are believed to be a Chinese invention. However, they were invented by a chef from San Francisco in 1920
#5 A cricket is one of the most popular pets in China
#6 Due to a huge population, the number of people speaking English in China is greater than in America and England
#7 In China a soup made from birds' nests is very popular
#8 What do you know about traffic jams? In 2000, a traffic jam stretched for 100 kilometers and lasted 12 days!
#9 All pandas are owned by China’s government. The only pandas outside China are leased by the Chinese authorities. If cubs are born in a foreign country they are also considered to be the property of Beijing
#10 Sunglasses were invented in China, but not in order to protect eyes from the sun. In the past, only judges used them to hide their emotions during the hearing
#11 China has closed access to some popular Internet resources like Facebook, twitter, YouTube, etc.
#12 Unlike other countries, in China the mourning color is white
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52 Comments
Carmelo C Rodriguez
You say the Chinese pet is a cricket I however the photo is that a Grasshopper?
TLin Teng
Your picture is Japanese miso soup instead of birdnest soup!
Geoffrey Mika
Whatever is 'banned' in China is still available but not openly advertized. You can get Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc. simply by getting a non-government controlled internet provider. Most Chinese have access to the all the world information. I know because i had internet via offshore provider.
Ramona Infantado-Ferre
yes, the photo is that of a grasshopper. I agree with Carmelo C. Rodriguez
Ramona Infantado-Ferre
I also agree with TLin Teng about the Japanese miso, not a bird nest's soup
bina sarmah
Alex Markin, My friend visited China and she said people are friendly to tourists .
Jacqui Halvorson
Inuit or Eskimos have used 'sunglasses' for centuries.
Printing? The written language has developed independently in various parts of the world for millennia, including Egyptian hieroglyphics, the Aztec codex, cuneiform, etc, etc.
Alex Markin
I have visited China several times since 1984.I was not shepherded in travel groups and had ample opportunities to travel without guardians. I found them generally to be friendly and open, sometimes going out of their way to express their curiosity and hospitality to us barbarians.
Lourdes Ayala
You are wrong about Chinese only smiling and laughing with families. It is common to have Chinese smile and talk with strangers.
tdelisi
Carl J. Schiro, I think you are serious. People like you scare the S#|+ out of me. You give the US a bad name.
Carol Bruyere
great knowledge
Gladys Latty
Glenis Nichols, China is actually categorized as a “developing country” not s “Third world country”
Nancy Earl Zirker
None smiling, except to relatives
Juliana Cloete
Yes, it is a photo of a grasshopper, not a cricket.
Karen Thornton
Been to China people are very friendly and wanted to practice their English with Americans
Glenis Nichols
I know they invented many things in the past, but how come they are a third world country today.
Carl J. Schiro
Just think what the World would be like. If President Harry Truman let General Douglas McArthur use a Nuclear Bomb on China during the Korean War.FYI President Truman Fired General McArthur for trying to do that. I personally think had that happen that would be one Less Enemy the United States has to worried about!!!
Ian Swindale
To really see how the Chinese were so far ahead of Europeans and Egyptians go to the National Museum in Taipei in Taiwan where all of China's vast artistic wealth is now having been taken there by the Kuomintang to escape from Mao Zedong' communist takeover. There is a room in the Museum which shows the relative "strengths" of the 3 civilisations (there is a 4th but I can't remember which it is) and the West and Egypt were way behind the Chinese as shown by this Story. However, come the Renaissance in Europe the West raced ahead and when it comes to the Arts (painting and Sculpture) the West is still miles ahead. It is a fascinating room
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