China is the most populated country in the world (with more than a billion people in 2016).
Population of China is more than 4 times bigger than population of the US
One in every 5 human is Chinese
Chinese is the most popular language in the world (based on number of native speakers)
14% of people in the world speak Chinese
Longest continuous civilisation in the world
China is the world’s longest continuous civilisation. It began about 6000 BC and lasts until today.
Longest continuous civilisation in the world
China is the world’s longest continuous civilisation. It began about 6000 BC and lasts until today.
🔴 Ice cream inventors
Who doesn’t love ice creams? We can eat this delicious dessert thanks to China. It is believed that they first made it more than 4000 years ago by mixing milk and rice mixture with the snow.
🔴 The Chinese flag represents the country's unity.
The Chinese flag is pretty straightforward: it’s a solid red with one large star and four smaller stars beside it in a semicircle. The red in the flag symbolizes revolution, while the red and yellow represent fire and earth, respectively. The stars represent the unity of the people and the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The big star is the symbol for the communist government and the four small stars stand for the peasants, workers, middle-class citizens, and soldiers.
🔴 Traffic jam business
China is the most populated country in the world. No wonder they have huge traffic jam problems.
🔴 What to do when you are late on your meeting and you are stuck in a traffic jam?
You are calling the bottleneck rescuers! Two guys will come to you on a motorbike. One will drive you whenever you want and the other will take your place in a car.
🔴 The Great Wall of China was built with rice.
The Great Wall of China originally acted as a barrier to protect the country from nomadic groups and invaders. The Great Wall also regulated trade along the Slik Road, and served as a means to monitor immigration. The great structure stands at 20 ft – 46 ft and stretches at a length of 21.19618 million m. However, most people don’t know that the bricks were held together by a mixture of sticky rice flour and slaked lime for the Ming Dysnasty section of the wall. How’s that for interesting China facts?
🔴 Panda owners
China is the owner of all pandas. Literally, all of them! Every single panda that lives on this world belongs to China.
If you see a panda in other countries, it means it is lent from PRC (People’s Republic of China). What’s interesting is that when a baby panda is born, it is sent to China (always by FedEx) to help expand the gene pool.
🔴 The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia
It’s also known as 'Chang Jiang' in Chinese, which means 'long river' and is also the third longest in the world. One of the most spectacular sights to see whilst taking a river cruise on the Yangtze is the Three Gorges.
🔴 World’s largest army
Chinese army has the biggest number of soldiers in the world (more than 2 million people). Just to compare — it’s the same as the population of Paris.
🔴 Ancient China used waterwheels.
The Ancient Chinese civilization used water energy for powering machines. These waterwheels were also the first known source of power before electricity.
🔴 Chinese food varies greatly from region to region
During your travels in China, make sure to try the tasty regional dishes. Chinese food is based on five key flavours, sweet, sour, salty, bitter and spicy, which need to all balance with each other to form one harmonious dish. Chinese food eaten in China is much fresher and more unusual than you would get in your local takeaway. Peking duck, Cantonese beef soup, fried rice, and pork noodles are just some of the specialities served here.
🔴 Chopsticks were initially created for cooking, not as an eating utensil.
In Ancient China, chopsticks were invented and used for cooking. Because of their length, they were perfect for reaching into pots of hot water or oil.
🔴 China produces the most gold out of any country in the world.
China is currently the world’s largest producer of gold, rearing 404 tonnes of gold in production while holding 2,000 tonnes of gold reserves.
🔴 The first artificially reproduced human tooth was created in China.
In 2013, the first artificially reproduced human tooth was created in China. The scientists were able to create the tooth using stem cells extracted from human urine.
🔴 The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia
It’s also known as 'Chang Jiang' in Chinese, which means 'long river' and is also the third longest in the world. One of the most spectacular sights to see whilst taking a river cruise on the Yangtze is the Three Gorges.
🔴 World’s largest army
Chinese army has the biggest number of soldiers in the world (more than 2 million people). Just to compare — it’s the same as the population of Paris.
🔴 Ancient China used waterwheels.
The Ancient Chinese civilization used water energy for powering machines. These waterwheels were also the first known source of power before electricity.
🔴 Chinese food varies greatly from region to region
During your travels in China, make sure to try the tasty regional dishes. Chinese food is based on five key flavours, sweet, sour, salty, bitter and spicy, which need to all balance with each other to form one harmonious dish. Chinese food eaten in China is much fresher and more unusual than you would get in your local takeaway. Peking duck, Cantonese beef soup, fried rice, and pork noodles are just some of the specialities served here.
🔴 Chopsticks were initially created for cooking, not as an eating utensil.
In Ancient China, chopsticks were invented and used for cooking. Because of their length, they were perfect for reaching into pots of hot water or oil.
🔴 China produces the most gold out of any country in the world.
China is currently the world’s largest producer of gold, rearing 404 tonnes of gold in production while holding 2,000 tonnes of gold reserves.
🔴 The first artificially reproduced human tooth was created in China.
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