facts about china

Facts about China1.)21% of China's population live in urban areas and
79% live in rural areas.2.)China's national anthem is the "The East is
Red."3.)The capital of China is Beiming or else Peking.4.)The name of
the currency in China is Yuan.5.)The life expectancy in China for males is
65.5 and for females is 69.5.6.)The literacy rate in China is 80%7.)The
main religions in China are Atheistic, Buddhism, and Daoism.8.)In the 5fh
century AD the Chinese had calculated the value of pi more than 10
decimal places.9.)Gunpowder first blew up iun Alchemist's furnace
around 800Ad and was quickly put to military use. 10.)China's official
name is People's Replubic of China (PRC).11.)China's total population is
more than 1,000,000,000 which makes up more than 1/5 of the world's
population. 12.)China cover's 3.7 million square miles. 13.)China's three
largest cities are Shanghai, Beijing, and Tianjin. They are not part of any
province. 14.)The Chinese language has more than 50,000 different
words.15.)The Chinese have problem's making typewriters.16.)The
Chinese read their books from top to bottom, and from right to
left.17.)Pottery is one of China's most famous kinds of arts.18.)The
Forbidden City is inside Imperial City. Imperial City is inside the Inner City.
The Inner City is inside Peking.19.)China is the third largest country in
area after Russia and Canada.20.)In 1949 communists took power of
China.21.)Ther are 3400 off shore islands.22.)The earlist recorded history
of China is 3500 years ago.23.)The great paddlefish, giant panda,
Chinese water deer and the salamander are in China, but extinct
elsewhere.24.)It is estimated that there are more than 35 cities in China
with a population of more than one million. 25.)Mount Everest is 29,028
feet high and is the highest point on Earth.26.)About 3/4 of all people are
farmers.27.)China has the world's oldest civilization. 28.)The Chinese
invented gunpowder, paper, porcelain, and silk cloth.29.)About 94% of
China's population belong to the Han nationality.30.)China has the
biggest army, but not the strongest.31.)The Great Wall of China was built
to keep enemies out of China. It is about 4,000 miles long. 32.)The

Peking Man lived in China about 500,000 years ago.33.)The Chinese
people call their country Chung-kuo.34.)Until recently, China was cut off
by either mountains, The Great Wall of China or else water.35.)In 1979
the US and China endded a 30 year break between the two countries.
36.)Most people in China eat rice.37.)Most people in China live crowded
in the eastern third of the country.38.)The Communist Party are trying to
overcome poverty by the year 2000.39.)China's flag was adopted in
1949.40.)About 35 million people belong to the Communist Party.