Interesting facts about China

 

• China is the world’s most populous country, with over 1.38 billion people, and the second-largest country by land area.
• China has the world’s largest standing army and second-largest defense budget.
• 100 million people in China live on less than US$1 per day.
• China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year.
• China is the world’s largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods.
• In China, over 35 million people still live in caves.
• The sunrise in parts of China can be as late as 10am because the country joined its five time zones into a single one.
• There’s a bridge between mainland China and Macau, where cars switch from left to right-hand drive and vice versa.
• Table tennis is China’s national sport.
• Toilet paper was invented in China in the late 1300s. It was for emperors only
• The Chinese invented kites (“paper birds” or “Aeolian harps”) about 3,000 years ago, to frighten the enemies in battle.
• Despite its size, all of China is in one time zone.
• Many historians believe soccer originated in China around 1000 B.C.
• White, rather than black, is the Chinese color for mourning and funerals.
• China invented ice cream.
• The Chinese were the first to invent the waterwheel to harness water.
• The crossbow was invented and first used by the Chinese.