In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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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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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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Kim Jong Un was voted Most Sexiest Man Alive by The Onion and ended up as real news in China.
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