China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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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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A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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All pandas are ‘owned’ by China. They rent them out to zoos for $1mil/year each with minimum of 10 years.
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For Valentine's Day 2014, an unnamed man sabotaged a special screening of "Beijing Love Story" at a Shanghai cinema by booking every other seat, subsequently preventing couples from sitting together.
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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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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