26Gorges dam
The three gorges dam in China holds back so much water that it slows the rotation of the earth slightly.
27. China's subway beggars have designed a system that governs which turf they get to work. Greenhand beggars who intrude on lines reserved for the disabled or elderly get a beating.
28. Some restaurants in China maliciously lace their food with opiates to get the customers addicted to their food, to make them return for more.
29. China has deforested most of its historically wooded areas. A law promulgated in 1981 requires that every school student over the age of 11 plants at least one tree per year.
30. There was more time between the start and finish of the Great Wall of China than between the start of Christianity and present day.
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31Made in the USA
Over 60% of Chinese consumers say that they are willing to pay more for products labeled “Made in the USA” than for those labeled “Made in China”.
32. A Chinese beggar named Cui Xianren whose hands were ruined in an explosion spent a decade designing a new type of two-handed calligraphy. The result was so impressive that China’s largest font maker gave him a design contract with 50 years of royalties and helped to get him off the streets.
33. During China’s Ming Dynasty, powdered smallpox scabs were blown up the noses of the healthy. The patients would then develop a mild case of the disease, and from then on were immune to it. Although the technique had a 0.5–2.0% mortality rate, it was better than the disease's 20–30% mortality rate.
34. Hong Kong has one of the world's most efficient subway systems with a 99.9% on-time rate and the entire system is managed via Artificial Intelligence.
35. The Han dynasty of China drilled for natural gas, transported it in pipelines and gas containers and burned it in stoves in 200 B.C.
