China

Where Did Rock Paper Scissors Originate From?

Rock Paper Scissors was invented in China, but popularized in Japan, where it's called 'Janken.'

There is a common Chinese idiom that states, 'The ugly wife is a treasure at home.'

The Chinese Giant Salamander can grow to be 6 feet (1.8 m) long, making it the largest amphibian in the world.

According to the Seventh National Population Census conducted in 2020, approximately 126 million people lived in Guangdong province in China in 2020.

One-third of the population of China can't speak Mandarin, the country's official language.

Beijing is the world's most expensive city for renters: a house rent is, on average, 1.2 times higher than the average salary.

Speed bumps were installed to slow down pedestrians at a historic site in East China.

Three surnames, Wang, Li and Zhang, make up for 21% of the Chinese population.

In Beijing, one million people live underground in basements and air raid shelters.

Around 200 BCE, the Western Han Dynasty used a lottery to pay for repairs to and expansion of the Great Wall.

No one has ever gotten a perfect score on the gaokao, the 9-hour Chinese college entrance exam.

In Hong Kong, more than 400,000 domestic helpers. Work up to 18-hour days, 6 days a week, for just HK$4,630 (US$ 596) a month.

In 1963, Tong Dizhou put DNA of a male carp into the egg of a female carp and became the first to successfully clone a fish.

With 190 billionaires and more than two million millionaires, China tags just behind the U.S. in number of high-net-worth individuals.

The Hanyu Da Cidian is the most inclusive available Chinese dictionary.

There’s one big reason for this: tampons are incredibly rare in China – only 2% of Chinese women use them; in Europe, the figure is as high as 70%.