top 10 interesting facts
about china on our planet there are a
top 10 interesting facts
about china on our planet there are a
total of 195 countries
varying greatly in population culture
geography and climate
we hear about so many of these countries
yet we don’t realize
how rich their culture actually is one
of the biggest examples of this
is the country of china for people who
live outside
our minds sometimes go straight to the
easily identifiable things
such as their population density kung fu
and
even their landmarks but as big of a
player as
china is on the world stage they are
still very much
shrouded in mystery many times we forget
that it is a communist country
that keeps many aspects of itself very
secretive
even more than that though regardless of
the government
let’s get into it number 10 china has
the world’s biggest mall
but it is almost a hundred percent empty
china definitely prides itself on having
the biggest and most
grand of nearly everything in the world
that was their idea when the new
south china mall was built in the
guangdong province in 2005.
it is the largest mall in the world
spanning 5 million square feet
and that’s just the shopping area it can
accommodate 2
350 stores there’s a problem
99 of this mall sits completely empty
builders made the mistake of
constructing this mall in a more rural
and poor part of the country where the
high-end luxuries that the mall
offers do not appeal to the population
so while it may be a check off the
world’s biggest list
it is totally impractical number nine
football soccer was invented in china
it is crazy to believe but the most
popular sport in the world was not
invented in europe or anywhere that you
typically see most of the crazy fans
it was invented in china originally
known as
kuju it is an ancient chinese game that
was invented in the han dynasty
sometime between the second and third
century bc
kuju was originally a competitive
activity for the military
who used it as a dexterity exercise for
their cavaliers
it eventually found its way to the upper
class as a recreational sport
originally the sport was played with a
ball filled with feathers
on a court with six crescent-shaped
goals at each end
it was eventually improved and over time
became the sport that we all know today
number eight china has 102 cities with
populations
over 1 million people
there are lots of tracks
china’s railway lines are very extensive
and lengthy
so much so that if all of the railways
were joined in one straight line
they would circle the earth twice it
goes to show
exactly how important this method of
transportation is
to the population number four in china
there is an average of one skyscraper
built every five days
i don’t know if you’ve been paying
attention so far but just in case
let us remind you china has a lot of
people in it
the number is only getting higher too as
the country grows
so do its cities showcasing buildings
and skyscrapers that add a very distinct
urban feel to the skyline
and construction is on the rise there
are so many big cities and such a demand
for real estate
that on average there is one new
skyscraper built somewhere in china
every five days for you math people out
there
that means in a period of 365 days
china will have at least 73 new
skyscrapers
so when we say that china’s population
is huge and continuing to grow
don’t take our word for it let the
buildings speak for us
number three facebook has been banned in
china since 2009.
there are many things in china that seem
very cool and respectable
however it is important to remember that
the country is a communist country
they take their image very seriously and
go to great lengths to protect it
one of the things they are most famous
for is censoring anyone and anything
that could potentially speak against
them that includes the internet
since 2009 china has banned the use of
facebook within its borders
they attempt to guard against its
citizens being told things that the
government doesn’t want them to know
their answer to this was to create their
own social media platforms
such as wechat they do and cena weibo
however there are still about 95 million
chinese users to get by the block by
using various vpn services
number two one in every five people in
the world
is chinese sometimes to understand
exactly how big something is
it is a huge number that makes the world
seem like such a smaller place
from the people who are all packed into
this country to the refugees and
immigrants
who are currently living in other
countries it is a safe bet to say that
someone you know is either chinese
or of chinese origin before we get to
number one
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number one in china the fifth leading
cause of death
is suicide china may be leading the
world in many areas
from population density to technology
but there is one statistic that they
also stand out in
that isn’t something to be quite as
proud of in china the fifth leading
cause of death
is suicide this is an alarming and
sobering statistic
how did it even get to be like this a
big reason for this in china
has to do with the way their programs
are handled by the government
for example during the economic
recession during 2007
and 2008 cases of depression started to
surge across the country
but the government doesn’t invest much
time money
or effort into the field of
psychological studies