Random China Facts

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    The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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    Hu Xiaoyun
    Hu Xiaoyun
    After being dumped for being poor by his ex-girlfriend seven years prior, a Chinese man spent $40,000 booking four entire IMAX cinemas for first-day showings of Transformers 4 - just to prove her wrong.
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    Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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    In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.
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    Coke-Powered Phone
    Coke-Powered Phone
    Daizi Zheng, a Chinese designer, made a Coca-Cola powered cell phone. She designed a battery that uses enzymes to generate electricity from the carbs.
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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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    China Afforrestation
    China Afforrestation
    In 1981, the Chinese government passed a resolution that makes it a duty of every citizen over the age of 11 to plant at least one tree per year.
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