20 Interesting facts about china

Here are some of the interesting facts about China:

China is officially known as the People’s Republic of China.

China has the largest population in the world, with over 1.3 billion people

China is the 3rd largest country by area at 9,706,961 sq km

47% of the population live in urban areas.

There’s a bridge between mainland China and Macau, where cars switch from left to right hand drive and vice versa.

Every 30 seconds, a baby is born with a birth defect in China.

Nearly 700 million Chinese people drink contaminated water.

More than 3,800 species of fish and hundreds of amphibians and reptile species live in the rivers, lakes, and coastal waters.

The giant panda lives in the misty mountains of southwest China and nowhere else on Earth.

The Chinese invented paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing

Toilet paper was invented in China in the late 1300s. It was for emperors only.

On an average day in China, 1.7 million pigs are consumed.

One in five people in the world are Chinese.

China remained largely isolated from the rest of the world’s civilizations, closely restricting foreign activities.

Each year is represented by an animal.  There are twelve animals which represent the twelve months.

It is considered good luck for the gate to a house to face south.

The literacy rate in China is 94.2%

The coastal regions of China are more industrialized, while inland regions are less developed.

China was admitted to the World Trade Organization in Nov. 2001.

When a Chinese child loses a baby tooth, it doesn’t get tucked under the pillow for the tooth fairy.