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64 unusual facts about China


Baiyangping Railway Station

Baiyangping Station is a railway station located in Baiyangping Town, Jianshi County, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China, on the Yiwan Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Battle of Taku Forts

Throughout history there have been several battles over control of the Taku Forts in China

Beijing Government

Beijing, or Beijing Municipality, the capital of the People's Republic of China

Chaoyang Railway Station

Chaoyang Railway Station is a railway station located in Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, on the Xiashen Railway which operated by Shanghai Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Chengdu Golden Apple Child Education

Chengdu Golden Apple Child Education Simplified Chinese: 成都金苹果儿童教育 Pinyin:Chengdu Jin Pingguo Ertong Jiaoyi is one of the major education groups in western China.

Chexi Railway Station

Chexi Station is a railway station located in Hubei Province, People's Republic of China, on the Yiwan Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

China-EU Institute for Clean and Renewable Energy

The creation of ICARE follows an agreement signed in 2009 by European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Chinese Minister for Foreign Trade GAO Hucheng in the frame of the collaboration between China and Europe for environmental protection and climate change mitigation.

China: The Roots of Madness

The film attempts to analyze the Anti-Western sentiment in China from the official American's perspective, covering 170 years of China's political history, from Boxer Rebellion of the Qing Dynasty to Red Guards of Cultural Revolution.

China's Wikipedia

Baidu Baike, a "wiki-like" Chinese-language online encyclopedia

Chongqing Qinghua Middle School

Chongqing Qinghua Middle School (重庆 清华 中学 chóng-qìng qīng-huá zhōng-xué) is located on the south ramp way of Lijiatuo Bridge in Lijiatuo Town, Banan District, Chongqing City, People's Republic of China, beside the Huaxi River.

Dalian University of Technology

It is also one of the national key universities administered directly under the Ministry of Education of China.

Dong Dajie

Dong Dajie (东大街), meaning "Eastern Avenue" in Chinese, is the name of several main roads and markets in China.

Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe

Father Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe (雷鳴遠) (1877-1940) was a Roman Catholic missionary to China whose advocacy led the pope to appoint the first native Chinese bishops.

Fuding Railway Station

Fuding Railway Station is a railway station located in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China, on the Wenfu Railway which operated by Nanchang Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Fuqing Railway Station

Fuqing Railway Station is a railway station located in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China, on the Fuxia Railway which operated by Shanghai Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Gaoping Railway Station

Gaoping Station is a railway station located in Hubei Province, People's Republic of China, on the Yiwan Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Gerald Talbot

Much of Talbot's family came from Harlem, Maine, which was incorporated in 1818 as the town of China.

Gerd Kaminski

Gerd Kaminski (* 14 December 1942 in Vienna) is an Austrian legal scholar and an expert in Chinese affairs.

Great Lady of Gresik

After her father died, admiral Hajji Mahmud (admiral Zheng He) of Ming China decided to make her brother the new chieftain of Palembang, so she left Palembang and went to Gresik in east Java to preach her religion to the natives.

Hanchuan Railway Station

Hanchuan Railway Station is a future railway station located in Hanchuan City, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China, on the Hanyi Railway which will be operated by Wuhan Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Historical behaviour studies

A particular characteristic of the Stuttgart studies of historical behaviour was the comparative turn towards non-Western societies like Indonesia, Japan, and China.

Houmen Railway Station

Houmen Railway Station is a railway station located in Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, on the Xiashen Railway which operated by Shanghai Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Hui nationality

One of the Five Races Under One Union under which all Muslims by religion were grouped, regardless of race, under the Republic of China, no longer in use

Huidong Railway Station

Huidong Railway Station is a railway station located in Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, on the Xiashen Railway which operated by Shanghai Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Jiaotong

Jiaotong University in China, which is the predecessor of multiple present-day universities.

Jingkou Railway Station

Jingkou Railway Station is a railway station located in Chongqing City, People's Republic of China, on the Suiyu Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Lianjiang Railway Station

LianjiangRailway Station is a railway station located in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China, on the Wenfu Railway which operated by Nanchang Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Luoshuidong Railway Station

Luoshuidong Station is a railway station located in Hubei Province, People's Republic of China, on the Yiwan Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Luotian Railway Station

Luotian Station is a railway station located in Luotian Town, Wanzhou District, Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China, on the Yiwan Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology

Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology (洛阳理工学院) is an educational institute in the Chinese city of Luoyang.

Luoyuan Railway Station

Luoyuan Railway Station is a railway station located in Luoyuan County, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China, on the Wenfu Railway which operated by Nanchang Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

MBA Polymers

In 2004 MBA Polymers created a joint venture with Guangzhou Iron and Steel Enterprises Holdings Ltd to establish its sustainable recycling operations in China.

Meili Yinyuehui

It consists of one disc with eight songs and a second disc with ten songs in a sort of modernized Chinese form.

Nanjing Foreign Language School

Nanjing Foreign Language School is widely recognized as one of the best middle/high schools in China, especially for its tradition of feeding talents to prestigious universities in China and abroad.

National symbols of the Republic of China

He is highly honored in both the ROC and the PRC, as in the ROC, presidents take oath in front of Dr. Sun's portrait, and Dr. Sun's portrait is displayed during National Day Celebrations, and in the PRC, his portrait is also displayed during the flag-raising on National Day.

This is the current list of the National Symbols of the Republic of China

Neican

According to Chinese news media regulations, any matter that media outlets believe would harm the image of the Communist Party of China or its government, threaten social stability and unity, or other matters not suitable for open publication, such as corruption, social unrest, and large-scale business swindles, should be reported internally rather than publicly.

internal reference reports or internal reference materials) are internal, limited circulation reports prepared for the high-ranking Chinese government and Communist Party officials.

Ningde Railway Station

Ningde Railway Station is a railway station located in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China, on the Wenfu Railway which operated by Nanchang Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

One-child policy

Children born in overseas countries are not counted under the policy if they do not obtain Chinese citizenship.

The sex ratio at birth (between male and female births) in mainland China reached 117:100 and remained steady between 2000 and 2013, substantially higher than the natural baseline, which ranges between 103:100 and 107:100.

The Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China and the National Health and Family Planning Commission were made defunct and a new single agency National Health and Family Planning Commission took over national health and family planning policies in 2013.

Qianchang Railway Station

Qianchang Railway Station is a railway station located in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China, on the Xiashen Railway which operated by Shanghai Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Qingkou Railway Station

Qingkou Station is a railway station located in Hubei Province, People's Republic of China, on the Yiwan Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Qiyueshan Railway Station

Qiyueshan Station is a railway station located in Hubei Province, People's Republic of China, on the Yiwan Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Romantic Energy

It consists of seventeen songs in a sort of modernized Chinese form.

Rudolf Schulten

The technology is currently being developed mainly in China who currently operate a 10 MW test reactor of this type.

Sanxing Railway Station

Sanxing Railway Station is a railway station located in Sichuan, People's Republic of China, on the Suiyu Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Shandong Zibo Experimental High School

Shandong Zibo Experimental High School (Chinese: 山东淄博实验中学,pinyin: Shāndōng Zībó Shíyàn Zhōngxúe) located in Zibo, Shandong, China, is a key school in Shandong Province, China.

Sungrow

Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd was founded in 1997 and is based in Hefei, China.

Tianlong Tunbao town

Tianlong Tunbao (also spelled Tunpu) (simplified Chinese:天龙屯堡) is an historic town and tourist attraction located near Anshun city of Guizhou province in China.

Tongnan Railway Station

Tongnan Railway Station is a railway station located in Chongqing City, People's Republic of China, on the Yiwan Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

VentureSoft

It was founded in 1998, and currently operates in Singapore, Malaysia, India, Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Europe and the USA.

Wikipedia in China

Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China, the People's Republic of China's policy of preventing access to Wikipedia from within the country

Wooden Coaster - Fireball

Wooden Coaster - Fireball (Chinese: 谷木游龙) is a wooden roller coaster located at Happy Valley in Songjiang, Shanghai, China.

Wuqiao Railway Station

Wuqiao Station is a railway station located in Chongqing City, People's Republic of China, on the Yiwan Railway which operated by Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Xiang'an Railway Station

Xiang'an Railway Station is a railway station located in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China, on the Fuxia Railway which operated by Shanghai Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

Xiaopin

Sketch comedy - A Chinese comedic performance in the form of a short skit between two or more performers.

Xiapu Railway Station

Xiapu Railway Station is a railway station located in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China, on the Wenfu Railway which operated by Nanchang Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.

You River

The You River may refer to different rivers within China.

Yueyang East Railway Station

The Yueyang East Railway Station (Chinese: 岳阳东站) is a railway station located in Hunan, China.

Yuhuatai Senior High School

As a full-time senior high school, Yuhuatai Senior High School is under the direct jurisdiction of Yuhuatai Euducation Bureau, which is classified as one of the key high schools in Nanjing, China, in 1997 and as one of the key high schools in Jiangsu Province in 1999.

Zenith Oilfield Technology

Zenith was founded in 2003 and has headquarters in Inverurie, United Kingdom as well as offices in the Middle East, North Africa, China and Southeast Asia.

Zhao'an Railway Station

Zhao'an Railway Station is a railway station located in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China, on the Xiashen Railway which operated by Shanghai Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC.


1453 Yellow River flood

The 1453 Yellow River flood was a natural disaster in the area surrounding Shawan in Shandong, China, during the Ming dynasty.

Black Bat Squadron

On 19 June 1963, a RB-69A/P2V-7U(7105/141233/54-4041) was conducting ELINT mission over mainland China, and was shot down by PLAAF MiG-17PF over Linchuan, Jiangxi, after intercepted repeatedly by multiple MiG-17PFs and Tu-4Ps.

Bukichi Miki

This was a very witty statement using the story of the Buddhist monk Daruma Daishi who faced a wall in China's Shaolin Monastery and after doing zen meditation for nine years, achieved enlightenment.

China–Uganda relations

Among these is the oil company CNOOC, which early in 2012 acquired one third of the exploitation of Uganda's oil in the Albertine region of Uganda and will be involved in the construction of an oil refinery in the country.

Chinoiserie

While classical styles reigned in the parade rooms, upscale houses, from Badminton House (where the "Chinese Bedroom" was furnished by William and John Linnell, ca 1754) and Nostell Priory to Casa Loma in Toronto, sometimes feature an entire guest room decorated in the chinoiserie style, complete with Chinese-styled bed, phoenix-themed wallpaper, and china.

Crisis management

Mattel Inc., the toy maker, has been plagued with more than 28 product recalls and in Summer of 2007, amongst problems with exports from China, faced two product recalls in two weeks.

Dark retreat

All spiritual traditions have used Darkness Techniques in the pursuit of enlightenment: in Europe, the dark room appeared as a network of tunnels, in Egypt as the Pyramides, in Rome as the catacombs, by the Essenes in Israel and Taoists in China as caves.

DSPACE GmbH

The company has Project Centers in Pfaffenhofen (near Munich) and Böblingen (near Stuttgart) and subsidiaries in the USA, UK, France, Japan and China.

Erik Reece

It includes the work of modern American poets (among them, Robert Frost, Wendell Berry, Hayden Carruth, Charles Wright) plus that of four classical Chinese poets, who wandered and wrote about an area of southeastern China that is similar in landscape and ecology to the eastern woodlands of the United States.

Erik Zürcher

In 1962 he became professor of history of East Asia, particularly the Chinese Buddhism, Chinese reactions to the Christianity and early relations between China and the outside world.

Flucard

In 2005, Henn Tan, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Trek 2000 International, was on an overseas trip with his family in China.

Former Qin

Founded by the Fu family of the Di ethnicity, it completed the unification of North China in 376.

Glandular horned toad

Glandular horned toad or Jingdong spadefoot toad (Xenophrys glandulosa) is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family found in Yunnan in China, in Nagaland in northeastern India, and in northern Kachin State, Myanmar.

Gongmao

Qing Guanmao, Qing official headwear, the headwear of officials during the Qing Dynasty in China

Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu

Wu Pak Chiu was born in Guangzhou, China, and graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1937 where he studied voice under Professor Lu Cha Zhi.

Guangzhouwan

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Kwangchowan was often used as a stopover on an escape route for civilians fleeing Hong Kong and trying to make their way to Free China; Patrick Yu, a prominent trial lawyer, recalled in his memoirs how a Japanese civilian in Hong Kong helped him to escape in this way.

Gungsangnorbu

In 1912, in the aftermath of the Xinhai Revolution, Gungsangnorbu made some attempts to form an alliance with Bogd Khan and the Khalkha Mongols in the newly independent state of Mongolia, with the Pan-Mongolist aim of annexing China's Inner Mongolian territories to an independent, Mongol-dominated Greater Mongolia.

Hanchang

Yueyang, Hunan Province, China - anciently called Hanchang

Hardware certification

Big established enterprises like Cisco, Novell, Sun Microsystems etc., no longer manufacture all the hardware required in the market, instead they ‘license’ or ‘certify’ small hardware players operating out from countries like Taiwan or China.

Herbert Taylor

Herbert Hudson Taylor (1861–1950), British Protestant Christian missionary to China

Hudson Taylor

Buried 9 June 1905 in Protestant Cemetery (no longer existing) in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China

INTO University Partnerships

INTO has also set up university partnerships with three institutions in China: Nankai University, Beijing Foreign Studies University and Dongbei University of Finance and Economics.

Josephine Teo

She began her career there in enterprise development, and was later posted to Suzhou, China, as part of EDB's pioneering team there.

Li Delun

In the ensuing years, Li served as a bridge between musicians from China and abroad, performing with artists such as David Oistrakh, Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Yo-Yo Ma, Fou Tsong, Liu Shikun, Yin Chengzong and many others.

Lianhuanhua

Lianhuanhua (Chinese: 连环画 (Simplified) 連環畫 (Traditional); Pinyin: Liánhuánhuà or 連環圖) is a palm-size picture book of sequential drawings found in China in the early 20th century, and they were once used as political/propaganda tool for the Communist Party of China.

Luce Memorial Chapel

It was designed by the architect and artist Chen Chi-Kwan in collaboration with the firm of noted architect I. M. Pei, and named in honor of the Rev. Henry W. Luce, an American missionary in China in the late 19th century and father of publisher Henry Luce.

Michael Swaine

Michael D. Swaine, American author and expert in China security studies and senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Michele Aerden

Professor Muhammad Yunus (micro credits) Dr Bertrand Piccard (ballooner) Madame WU Yi, (vice-President China Republic of people) Michelle Bachelet (President of Chilli)etc.

Oil shale in China

The main oil shale research institution in China is the China University of Petroleum.

Pekingese

Foo Dog, dog breeds originating in China that resemble Chinese guardian lions and hence are also called Foo or Fu Dogs or Lion Dogs.

Ping Chong

Cathay was set in China and used three interconnected stories to explore three eras of Chinese history: the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese invasion during World War II, and contemporary China today.

Pratas Islands

The Pratas Da Wang temple is dedicated to 'Kuang Kang' and 'The South China Sea Goddess'- Mazu.

R. chinensis

Rosa chinensis, the China rose, a plant species native to central China

Rao Xueman

Rao Xueman was born in Zigong, Sichuan, China in 1972.She began writing from 14 years old.

Reena Raggi

Among the trials she presided over was one concerning the Golden Venture, a ship carrying around 300 would-be immigrants from China, which crashed-landed on a sandbar off Queens, New York in June, 1993.

Ruritania

In 2006, Ignacio Padilla published La Gruta del Toscano (ISBN 84-204-7072-4), a novel in which Ruritanians discover a cavern in the Himalayas, somewhere on the border between China and Nepal.

Sadnalegs

Although Tibetan forces were fighting the Chinese between 799 and 803, with battles in Yanzhou, Linzhou, Weizhou, Yazhou and Suizhou, envoys began travelling regularly from 804 onwards between Lhasa and China, although no formal treaty was signed.

Shanghai Airport

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, which primarily serves other destinations within China

Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly

In the first round of voting, the General Assembly and the Security Council concurrently and independently elected Giorgio Gaja (Italy), Hisashi Owada (Japan), Peter Tomka (Slovakia), and Xue Hanqin (China), but the two organs were deadlocked between two African candidates for the fifth available seat.

Skovorodino, Amur Oblast

An oil pipeline is currently under construction from Tayshet north of Lake Baikal to Skovorodino; it is intended for oil to be transported from here by rail to the port of Nakhodka on the Pacific, as well as to China.

T. aureus

Teinopalpus aureus, the golden kaiserihind, a butterfly species found in China and possibly Vietnam

The Adventures of Blinky Bill

The animals he rescued were Ling Ling the Panda, Slippery the Seal, Yoyo the Monkey, Princess Penelope the Poodle, Leo the Lion and Tico Toucan (who originally works for the Circus Bros.) They went to Antarctica, the African Plains, China, the Amazon Rainforest, India and Paris.

The Book of Giants

In 1904, German expeditions to Central Asia (Turpan in present northwest China) brought back many fragments of Manichaean holy texts, some of which were identified as belonging to The Book of Giants.

Wall gun

Bolt action wall guns firing metallic cartridges were used in India and China in the late 19th century.

Wihwado

In June 2011, an agreement with China was made to establish a joint free trade area on Hwanggumpyong and Wihwa Islands, and the China border area near Dandong.

Witold Gerutto

Witold Gerutto (1 October 1912 in Harbin, China – 13 October 1973 in Konstancin) was a Polish shot putter and decathlete who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Xi Zhang

"Xi Zhang -- a traveler to the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design,all the way from Kaifeng, China  •• brought with  him  an almost  uncanny.  fully  formed spirit of contemporary Chinese painting.  This small,tight,color-splashed show at Plus Gallery sealed the deal, reminding us  that  we  had  a  skilled genius in our midst."Susan Froyd  Twelve  Denver  arts flashbacks from 2012, Westword,Dec.

Yao Lifa

Yao Lifa, born in 1958, in Qianjiang City in the central province of Hubei, China, is apparently the first person in China elected through self-nomination to a municipal-level people’s congress.

Yuneec International EViva

The Yuneec EViva is a Chinese low-wing, two-seat motor glider that was designed by Martin Wezel is now under development by Yuneec International of Kunshan, Jiangsu.