facts about China 1. China executed three times more death sentences than in other countries. In 2008 alone, there were 1,718 executions, in addition to those which are secret. Some analysts argue that a more accurate count is about the 6000th 2. China will soon become the largest party in accordance with the number of Christians. At present, there are about 54 million Christians, 40 million Protestants and 14 million - Catholics. 3. In 2008, when China was preparing for the Olympic Games, more than 4,000 babies were named Olympic Games. This proves once again that China Olympics means a lot more than others. During the 2005-2008 period, 4104 children received the title of Aoyun (Olympics). 4. During the year, China consumed 45 billion sticks. This amounts to about 1.7 million cubic meters of timber or 25 million trees every year. 5. 200 million people in China live on less than one dollar per day. High levels of poverty in China - a lot of people live below the poverty line. Since 1981, the poverty rate in China was 64%. Fortunately, by 2004 this figure had fallen to 10%. 6. More than 700 million people in China drink dirty water. Chinas population is 20% of the Earths population, but there is only 7% of the worlds natural resources. Bearing in mind that 90% of groundwater and 75% of rivers and lakes are contaminated, it becomes clear that 700 million Chinese drink dirty water. 7. Ice cream and pasta originated in China. Frozen rice and milk mixture was invented in China about 200 years. pr. ME., He was the prototype of the modern ice cream. In addition, during the excavations in western China was found in a bowl of noodles, whose age is about 4000 years old. Many believe that this is proof that pasta originated in China, not Italy. 8. More than 50% of the counterfeit products sold in Europe, made in China, but probably, this fact is not surprising. Mainly produced CD / DVD drives (44%), cigarettes (23%), clothing and accessories (10%). 9. China may still be traces of the medieval European plague. China, from time to time there are infectious diseases transmitted by rodents and lice epidemic. 10. By 2025, China could build ten New York-sized cities. Chinas urbanization pace and is growing every day. If everything goes at the same speed, by 2025 China will live 926 million people, and by the year 2030 will be more than a billion. Over the next 20 years, Chinas urban population will increase by 350 million people. By 2025, China will be 219 cities with one million inhabitants and 24 cities with a population of five million.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 08:23:37 +0000
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