Here are some interesting facts about China...
- The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across North China.
- Twenty percent of China's plants are used in medicine.
- Ice cream was invented in China around 2000BC when the Chinese packed a soft milk and rice mixture in the snow.
- Long ago, silk making was a closely guarded secret. Anyone who gave the secret away could be killed.
- Paper was first invented in China in 105 AD. It was a closely guarded secret and didn’t reach Eurupe until the 8th century.
- China has only about 200 different family names.
- There are about 40000 characters in Chinese language; An Adult is only expected to know 5000 of them.
- Tian’anmen Square is the largest public plaza in the world.
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