China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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In 2012, a Chinese man named Xiao Fan had a dress made out of 9,999 red roses for his girlfriend and then proposed - 9 in China means forever
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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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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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