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Today I will leave a short note about Chna:

1. Beibei the fish, Jingjing the panda, Huanhuan the Olympic flame, Yingying the Tibetan antelope, and Nini the swallow are the official Mascot of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
2. No Spitting.
3. Ketchup originated in China as a pickled fish sauce called ke-tsiap.
4. Trouble in China is symbolized by 2 women living together under 1 roof   
5. Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago.
6. Silk was developed in China were it was kept a secret for more than two thousands years.
7. The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across North China.
8. In China astronauts are called taikonauts
9. Many of the guards never left the Great Wall in their entire lives.
10. Pekingese dogs were sacred to the emperors of China for more than 2,000 years.
11. Twenty percent of China’s plants are used in medicine.
12. Mandarin Chinese is the world’s most spoken language with over 870 million speakers.
13. 34 children are born every minute in China
14. There are over 150 different herbs from China used in the treatment of Infertility
15. The story of Mulan had been told in China for almost 1,500 years before Disney decided to make it into an animated movie.
16. All Disney characters was banned for 40 years in China
17. The story of Cinderella may not originate with Disney, some say it originated in China around AD 860
18. China is now the world’s largest apple producer, followed by the U.S. in second place.
19. Ice cream was invented in China around 2000BC when the Chinese packed a soft milk and rice mixture in the snow.
20. Long ago, silk making was a closely guarded secret. Anyone who gave the secret away could be killed.
21. Paper was first invented in China in 105 AD. It was a closely guarded secret and didn’t reach Eurupe until the 8th century.
22. A terracotta army of six thousand men and horses was buried with Shi Huang-Ti, China’s first emperor, at Xianyang.
23. Fingerprinting was used in China as early as 700 A.D.
24. It is not true that the early Chinese used gunpowder only for fireworks. They had forms of guns (invented in 1288), bombs, grenades, rockets, land mines, and other arms.
25. “May you live in interesting times.” – Chinese curse.
26. China is called Zhongguo in Chinese
27. Flights between Hong Kong and mainland China are classed as international flights
28. Liu Ch’ing, who became the governor of China’s Shansi province in 955 A.D., was born with two pupils in each eye.
29. The wheelbarrow is invented by a chinese
30. About 700 000 engineers graduate annually from schools in China
31. China has only about 200 different family names
32. China has about 30 million Muslims
33. China invented the first kites and they where used in wars
34. Some people in China work as apologisers
35. In China tree hugging is forbidden
36. There are 100 million internet users in China. Some of the sites they can’t access are BBC news, Amnesty International and Dalailama.com.
37. There are about 40000 characters in Chinese language; An Adult is only expected to know 5000 of them
38. Tian’anmen Square is the largest public plaza in the world.