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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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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China is the source of 70% of the worlds pirated goods.
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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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China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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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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If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
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