Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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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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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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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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