In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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China is the source of 70% of the worlds pirated goods.
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Chen Guanming, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, traveled by RICKSHAW for 2 years and covered nearly 40,000 miles through 16 countries, surviving flood, war zones and extreme temperatures, finally arriving at the London 2012 Olympics.
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In 2012, a Chinese man named Xiao Fan had a dress made out of 9,999 red roses for his girlfriend and then proposed - 9 in China means forever
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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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In 1911, pigtails were banned in China because they were seen as a link with its feudal past.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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