All the secrets of the Middle Kingdom. 30 facts about China that shock you

China is primarily known for the largest population, this figure exceeds 1.3 billion people. Nevertheless, this country managed to become a great power, demonstrating high rates of economic growth. So, for example, last year, China took a leading position in the world in terms of GDP, it is here that most of the goods of the entire international market are produced. But this is not the most surprising thing that you can learn about the Middle Kingdom.

About a hundred million Chinese earn about a dollar a day.

Cookies, inside which lies a prediction note, first appeared in San Francisco at the beginning of the 20th century, so it is not at all a Chinese tradition.

Every year, 20 million trees, about 20 years old, are cut down to create chopsticks in China.

The Chinese government prohibits reincarnation without special permission.

Any zoo in the world is forbidden to contain adult pandas if it does not agree to give all the newborns to China.

Since 2009, the Chinese government has blocked the social networks Facebook and Twitter, as well as the news site The New York Times.

In China, there is the city of Zhuji, called the "City of Socks." According to statistics, every third pair of socks used in the world is produced there.

In China, there is only one time zone, so some regions meet the dawn only at 10 in the morning.

In China, the problem of gender imbalance is so acute that, according to forecasts, by 2020, 30-40 million male Chinese will simply not be able to get married.

In China, table tennis has become a national sport.

In China, there are specialists with a degree in the study of bras.

The implementation of the "one child" program has led to the fact that every year over a million women in China have an abortion when they find out that they are expecting a girl. In addition, tens of thousands of female babies are abandoned.

China has built the world's largest shopping center, but it is only one percent full.

PlayStation consoles are banned in China.

Once every five days, another skyscraper is built in China.

Over 35 million people in China still live in caves.

In China, organized camps where they treat Internet addiction.

On Sunday, more people come to the church in China than in all the countries of Europe combined.

The Chinese are materialists - 71 percent of the population of this country measures their level of success with the things they have.

In 1973, the Chinese government proposed 10 million Chinese women to the United States to increase fertility.

In just two years, China spent more cement than America in the entire 20th century.

In China, there are half of all pigs living in the world.

The wealthy Chinese have twins for themselves, whom, in the event of an arrest, they send out to serve a prison term in their place.

On the territory of China there are megacities, the number of inhabitants of which exceeds the population of some countries. There are four such large cities in China today, their population is more than 10 million people.

In China, people are sentenced to death more often than in any other country in the world.

Last year, China was ahead of the United States in economic performance.

In China, it is forbidden to use a pun or pun in advertising or on television.

The first case of marijuana use in China was recorded more than 4.7 thousand years ago.

In China, while driving across the bridge that leads to Macau, drivers have to switch from left-hand to right-hand traffic twice.

90 percent of all groundwater flowing in Chinese cities is polluted.

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