15 FACTS
CHINA
All
pandas across
the world are
on loan from
China.
Alongside the Dragon, the Phoenix,
the Tiger and the Tortoise are all
valued in Chinese mythology.
The world’s first
peaches, soybeans, chrysanthemums, peonies, gardenias,
forsythia
and several kinds of
lily
all originally came from China.
China makes up nearly
a fifth of the global
population, yet has
just
7%
of arable land.
There’s a bridge between
mainland China and Macau,
where cars switch from left to
right-hand drive and vice versa.
Determined by the lunar calendar, the
Chinese New Year always falls between
21 January and 20 February.
China uses more than double the
amount of nitrogen fertilizers
per unit of arable land compared
to other countries with large
agricultural sectors.
China’s nitrogen industry
relies on coal for 70% of
its energy needs.
The 2008 Beijing Summer
Olympics is said to have cost
between
US$40 billion
to
US$44 billion.
1 in every 3
socks you have were
made in the district of Datang in
Zhuji, China, now known as
“Sock City”.
China employs over
300 million
farmers.
94%
of China’s population
live in the eastern third of
the country.
China is the world’s top producer
and consumer of rice. It produces
and consumes a third of the
world’s rice, about
200 million tpy.
The mortar used in
the Great Wall of
China was made with
sticky rice.
China joined its
five time
zones into
one single
time zone.
