Some Interesting Facts about China

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China is one of the emerging super powers in the world. Now read some facts about it.


  • If the Chinese, one day, use as much oil per person as Americans, then the world will need seven more Saudi Arabias to meet their demand.
  • China executes three times as many people as the rest of the world COMBINED… and uses mobile execution vans for efficiency.
  • China averages 274 protests PER DAY.
  • 50% of counterfeit goods come from China.
  • The giant panda is considered a Chinese national treasure. Just over 1,000 survive in the wild, most of them to be found in Sichuan Province.
  • China has one of the oldest sporting cultures in the world. There is evidence that a form of association football was played in China around 1000 AD.
  • China currently has the most cellphone users in the world, with over 800 million users as of July 2010.
  • China has the most number of internet and broadband users in the world.
  • China’s the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is the largest standing military force in the world with 2.3 million active troops. It is being commanded by the Central Military Commission (CMC).
  • The People’s Republic of China is the second-largest country in the world by land area after Russia.

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