China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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Kim Jong Un was voted Most Sexiest Man Alive by The Onion and ended up as real news in China.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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