People’s republic of China is the world’s most populous country, population over 1.37 billionSecond largest state by land areas Capital is Beijing
Dialling Code +86
Table Tennis is China’s national sport
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
World’s largest exporter and Second largest importer of goods
Over 35 million people still live in Caves
The sunrise in parts of China can be as late as 10AM because the country joined it’s five time zones into a single one
Every 30 seconds a baby is born with a birth defect
Play station is illegal in China
By 2020, china could have between 30 million and 40 million men who cannot find wives
China has treatment camps for internet addicts
Every year, nearly four million cats are eaten in china
Half of all the world’s pigs live in China
The first recorded use of Marijuana was in China, over 4700 years ago
20 million 20 years old trees are cut down in China every year to make chopsticks
All pandas in the world are on loan from china
Facebook has 95 million users in China despite being blocked
Facebook, Twitter and The New York Times have been blocked in china since 2009
Largest population of Buddhists, approximately 244 million or 18.2% of its total population
World’s largest producer of cigarettes is a company owned by the Chinese government
China is the world’s largest consumer of red wine
Three surnames Wang, Li and Zhang make up for 21% of the Chinese population
Chinese students can get 7 years in jail for cheating on exams
1 in every 3 socks you have were made in the district of Datang in Zhuji, China, now known as “Socks City”
Shyamika Jayaneththige,
Department of Mass Communication,
University of Kelaniya.
