In 1911, pigtails were banned in China because they were seen as a link with its feudal past.
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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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China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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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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Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
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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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