In 1911, pigtails were banned in China because they were seen as a link with its feudal past.
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Ice Cream was first made in China!
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In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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