1. 30% of Chinese adults still live with their parents.
2. Approximately 200 million people in China live on less than $1 a day.
3. Fish consumption in China is more than 3 times that in the United States. In China, the average person eats over 45 pounds of seafood each year.
4. China produces 66% of the world's garlic, 15 billion pounds in 2009. Next are South Korea 6%, India 5%, and the USA 2.5%.
5. There are 120 million internet users in China; but not everyone can contact all websites.
6. China is the source of 68% of the worlds "pirated" goods.
7. The hog, swine, or pig, was first domesticated almost 10,000 years ago in China.
8. 20% of the world's population lives in China.
9. Twenty percent of China's plants are used in medicine.
10. China Day is October 1st.
11. There are over 400 different varieties of kiwi fruit [Yangtao] in China where they have been used for over 700 years.
12. According to insurance statistics: the most dangerous cars are green, and driven by the Chinese.
13. When KFC [Kentucky Fried Chicken] first translated its advertising slogan "finger lickin' good" into Chinese, it came out as "eat your fingers off".
14. Chopsticks originated in China almost 4,000 years ago, and the replacement of chopsticks for knives for eating at the table supposedly indicates the increased respect for the scholar over the warrior in Chinese society.
15. Ketchup [Catsup] originated in China as a pickled fish sauce called ke-tsiap.
16. The story of Cinderella may not originate with Disney, some say it originated in China around AD 860.
17. 35 children are born every minute in China.
18. A classic piece of trivia: The wheelbarrow was invented by a Chinese.
19. About 700,000 engineers graduate annually from schools in China.
20. There are about 42,000 characters in Chinese language. An adult is only expected to know 5,000 of them.
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