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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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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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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Ice Cream was first made in China!
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China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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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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Kim Jong Un was voted Most Sexiest Man Alive by The Onion and ended up as real news in China.
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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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