Place Facts About China

In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".

A mathematical thought experiment once claimed that if China's population walked past you in single file, the line would never end due to reproduction rates—but China's population is now declining for the first time since 1961.

China produces approximately 60-65% of the world's counterfeit goods, making it the dominant source of global counterfeiting.

In 2000, China had zero billionaires. By 2024, it had over 800 billionaires, the second-highest number in the world after the United States.

The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.

Some Chinese paramilitary police learn their 'perfect posture' with pins in their collar.

China's capital Beijing literally means "Northern Capital" in Mandarin Chinese.

In 1981, the Chinese government passed a resolution making it a duty for every citizen aged 11 and older to plant at least three trees per year, creating the world's largest reforestation program.

People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar.

For Valentine's Day 2014, an unnamed man sabotaged a special screening of "Beijing Love Story" at a Shanghai cinema by booking every other seat, subsequently preventing couples from sitting together.

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.

If China imported just 10% of it's rice needs- the price on the world market would increase by 80%.

In 2012, a man wore 70 clothing items through a Chinese airport to avoid paying extra baggage charges.

In 2012, China announced plans for 'Great City,' an ultra-modern car-free satellite city near Chengdu designed to house 80,000 people in high-rise core housing. The walkable development, surrounded by green space, was designed to use 48% less energy, 58% less water, produce 89% less landfill waste, and generate 60% less carbon dioxide than a conventional city. Like many of China's ambitious eco-city proposals, it never progressed beyond the planning stage.

In response to China's air pollution, a Chinese millionaire started selling cans of fresh air for $0.80 and made over $6 million dollars in 10 months.

A man secretly outsourced his programming job to China. He filled his work day watching cat videos, surfing Reddit and Facebook. Before being caught and fired, he made hundreds of thousands.

The Chinese city of Chongqing created a 50-meter dedicated pavement lane for mobile phone users in 2014—though it was meant as a satirical reminder of the dangers of texting while walking, not serious infrastructure.

In 2012, a Chinese man named Xiao Fan had a dress covered in 9,999 red roses made for his girlfriend and then proposed to her - the number 9 in Chinese sounds like 'forever,' making it highly symbolic for marriage proposals.

In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.

There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.