10 amazing things you did not know about china

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10 Amazing things you did not know about China

China carries out almost three times as many executions as the rest of the world puttogether, according to the most conservative estimate by Amnesty International. In 2008,

the group confirmed 1,718 executions through news reports and public documents, butmany others are not reported. Some analysts say the figure may be above 6,000. Theexact number is a state secret. Many executions are done on the road using vehiclescalled the death vans designed by Jinguan Motors. The makers of these vans say thevehicles and injections are a civilized alternative to the firing squad, ending the life of thecondemned more quickly, clinically and safely. According to them, the switch fromgunshots to injections is a sign that China "promotes" human rights now


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There are already more Christians in China than Italy, and it's on

track to become the largest center of Christianity in the world

Due to the extremely rapid expansion of Christianity in China, there are now an estimated

54 million Christians in the country, comprised of about 40 million Protestants and 14million Catholics. Meanwhile, Italy has just 60 million people in total, of which 79% areChristian these days, which means Italy has 47.4 million Christians, that's 12% less thanChina. (Photo by Robert Reinlund)

Over 4000 babies in China were named "Olympic Games" while the

country was getting ready for Beijing 2008


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The Beijing Olympics was more than just a point of pride for China it was such an

important part of the national consciousness that over 4,000 children have been namedfor the event. Most of the 4,104 people with the name "Aoyun," meaning Olympics, wereborn around the year 2000, as Beijing was bidding to host the 2008 Summer Games. Thevast majority of people named Aoyun are male. Names related to the Olympics don't juststop with "Olympics." More than 4,000 Chinese share their names with the BeijingGames mascots, the "Five Friendlies." Chinese have increasingly turned to unique namesas a way to express a child's individuality.

In a country with a population of 1.3 billion, 87 percent share the same family names.


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China uses 45 billion chopsticks per Year

In China, an estimated 45 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks are used and thrownaway annually. This adds up to 1.7 million cubic metres of timber or 25 million fullygrown trees every year.


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200 million people in China live on less than $1 a day

Poverty in China refers to people whose income is less than a poverty line of $1.25 perday. The poverty rate in China in 1981 was 64% of the population. Fortunately, this ratedeclined to 10% in 2004, indicating that about 500 million people have climbed out ofpoverty during this period.

Over 700 million Chinese people drink polluted water


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China has 20% of the world's population but only 7% of global water resources. To makematters worse, 90% of cities' groundwater and 75% of rivers and lakes are pollutedaccording to the World Bank. This means that 700 million people drink contaminatedwater every day.

Ice Cream and Pasta may have been created in China


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A frozen mixture of milk and rice was invented in China around 200 BC, giving birth to

ice cream. Also, a 4,000-year-old bowl of noodles was discovered at an archaeologicalsite in western China, possible demonstrating that China invented pasta before Italy)

Over 50% of counterfeit goods in the EU come from China


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In Europe, China was the main source country for intellectual property rights infringing

articles with 54% of the total amount.CD/DVD was the top category of articles detainedwith a total amount of 79 million, which accounted for 44% of the entire amount,followed by cigarettes (23%) and clothing and accessories (10%).

China is not free from Europe's medieval plague yet

In 2009 China ended a quarantine blockade around a remote northwestern town hit bypneumonic plague. The outbreak of the highly infectious disease killed three villagersaround Ziketan Town in Qinghai province. But with no new infections reported for over aweek, authorities decided to lift the blockade on the remote town of 10,000 in a heavily


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ethnic Tibetan area. China experiences sporadic outbreaks of the plague, which istypically spread by rodents and fleas and can pass easily between people.

By 2025, China will build TEN New York-sized cities

The scale and pace of China's urbanization promises to continue at an unprecedented rate.If current trends hold, China's urban population will expand from 572 million in 2005 to926 million in 2025 and hit the one billion mark by 2030. In 20 years, China's cities willhave added 350 million peoplemore than the entire population of the United Statestoday. By 2025, China will have 219 cities with more than one million inhabitants

compared with 35 in Europe todayand 24 cities with more than five million people.Also, 40 billion square meters of floor space will be built - in five million buildings.50,000 of these buildings could be skyscrapers - the equivalent of ten New York Cities.

10 amazing things you did not know about china

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