- The majority of Chinese drink polluted water.
- Chopsticks means "quick little ones."
- They use chopsticks and soupspoons in every meal.
- More bird species live in China than any other place in the world.
- The oldest tree in the world is the gingko.
- Paper was first invented in China in 105 AD.
- Fingerprinting was used in China in 700 A.D.
- China averages 274 protests per day.
- China has cultivated tea for over 2000 years.
- China’s money is called renminbi meaning the peoples currency.
- Fortune cookies are not a traditional Chinese custom. They were invented in 1920 by a worker in the Key Heong Noodle Factory in San Francisco.
- Toilet paper was invented in China in the late 1300s. It was for emperors only.
- Ice cream was invented in China.
- zthe Chinese alphabet has over 40, 000 symbols.