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Every five days, a new skyscraper is built in China.

The Chinese do not eat cheese and cottage cheese, drink kefir, or snack on yogurt. According to one version, the inhabitants of China do not eat dairy products since for many centuries, only the richest could afford a cow.

Over time, hieroglyphs became more straightforward, and accordingly, more and more people became literate.

In China, people eat cat and dog meat, cook shark fin soup, and season broths with wolfberries.

Access to all Western social networks is officially blocked in China.

Many products sold in Chinese stores might surprise Westerners: sweet smoked sausage, mint-flavored seeds, meat candies, bread of different colors, smoked chicken feet, and so on.

In China, they produce everything, everything, everywhere and always. Almost every international corporation has production and assembly shops in China.

Datang in Zhuji Province is known as the city of socks because it is where every third pair of socks in the world is produced.

There are four megacities in China with a population of over 10 million, more than in any other country in the world.

China produces about 70% of its electricity from coal-fired power plants, which results in significant particulate matter pollution. Ocean-crossing dust storms carry these particles across the Pacific Ocean to the United States, particularly to the coast of California.

China has one of the strictest censorship policies in the world. Even the word censorship is censored in China.

There are more than 500 species of bamboo growing in China.

China is the leading exporter of over 100 types of products, from clothing to refrigerators and cameras.

There is evidence that even in ancient times, Chinese people played a sport with a leather ball, reminiscent of football.

The Chinese city of Shanghai is the largest seaport on Earth.

A flavor enhancer (monosodium glutamate) is sold in Chinese grocery stores along with salt and pepper. Local chefs add it to almost all dishes.

Residents of China speak seven dialects of the Chinese language, which differ so much that the inhabitants of the northern and southern regions will not understand each other. However, they all have one written language.

Toilet paper was invented in China in the 1300s. However, it was only available to emperors.

Due to the size of the population, there is a vast ethnic differentiation. A person from Shenyang will not understand a Hong Konger and a Beijinger will not agree with a Guangzhou resident.

The main food is, of course, rice—but not just any rice. The most common dish is rice with a huge number of additives. For 6 yuan, you can get a portion of rice with meat, chicken, and salad. That's basically what everyone eats.