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Several things to know about China -Reasonable feedbacks are welcomed
1.The Chinese population is gradually declining.
According to a recent United Nations report, the Chinese population will be in full decline by 2028. Even though the population has increased since 2000, the birth rate has declined by 40%.
2.Eating dog is becoming increasingly unpopular.
The rate of dog consumption is declining so much that there has been talk of considering legislation that would make eating cats and dogs illegal. And recently, Weibo (China's Twitter) blew up with viral protesting against eating dogs. Most Chinese people prefer to keep cats and dogs as pets.
3.Breathing in Beijing air is not as bad as you might think.
Although pollution in Beijing is a major worsening issue, according to a recent study, breathing in the air is only equivalent to being exposed to secondhand smoke (one-sixth of a cigarette) as opposed to smoking a pack a day.
4. The one-child policy does not apply any more.
China's one-child policy was only enacted in 1978, and abolished completely in 2015.In a word,there is no more one-child policy. You can have 2 or 3 children if you can economically support them.
5.China is not technically a communist country.
Though China was communist from 1949–1976, after the death of Chairman Mao Zedong, the country embraced capitalism and became more socialist than anything. Because China's political system is a one-party system, the Communist Party of China (the current ruling party) is mistaken by foreigners as the voice of the entire country. But that's like saying that America is a Democratic or Republican country depending on which party wins each election.
6.Not all chinese people can speak "Chinese Mandarin."
Actually, "Chinese" is not a single, unified language. It's composed of many different dialects, the most common of which include Mandarin and Cantonese.
7.The Chinese food you're used to eating in the USA/Europe is probably not real Chinese food.
Sweet and egg rolls, beef and broccoli... Yeah, Chinese people don't eat that. Instead, you'll find more cooked vegetables and simple meat dishes. Different, but delicious.
8. There are already more Christians in China than Italy, and it's on track to become the largest center of Christianity in the world.
Due to the extremely rapid expansion of Christianity in China, there are now an estimated 54 million Christians in the country, comprised of about 40 million Protestants and 14 million Catholics. Meanwhile, Italy has just 60 million people in total, of which 79% are Christian these days, which means Italy has 47.4 million Christians, that's 12% less than China.
9. By 2025, China will build TEN New York-sized cities
The scale and pace of China's urbanization promises to continue at an unprecedented rate. If current trends hold, China's urban population will expand from 572 million in 2005 to 926 million in 2025 and hit the one billion mark by 2030. In 20 years, China's cities will have added 350 million people—more than the entire population of the United States today. By 2025, China will have 219 cities with more than one million inhabitants—compared with 35 in Europe today—and 24 cities with more than five million people. Also, 40 billion square meters of floor space will be built - in five million buildings. 50,000 of these buildings could be skyscrapers - the equivalent of ten New York Cities.
1.The Chinese population is gradually declining.
According to a recent United Nations report, the Chinese population will be in full decline by 2028. Even though the population has increased since 2000, the birth rate has declined by 40%.
2.Eating dog is becoming increasingly unpopular.
The rate of dog consumption is declining so much that there has been talk of considering legislation that would make eating cats and dogs illegal. And recently, Weibo (China's Twitter) blew up with viral protesting against eating dogs. Most Chinese people prefer to keep cats and dogs as pets.
3.Breathing in Beijing air is not as bad as you might think.
Although pollution in Beijing is a major worsening issue, according to a recent study, breathing in the air is only equivalent to being exposed to secondhand smoke (one-sixth of a cigarette) as opposed to smoking a pack a day.
4. The one-child policy does not apply any more.
China's one-child policy was only enacted in 1978, and abolished completely in 2015.In a word,there is no more one-child policy. You can have 2 or 3 children if you can economically support them.
5.China is not technically a communist country.
Though China was communist from 1949–1976, after the death of Chairman Mao Zedong, the country embraced capitalism and became more socialist than anything. Because China's political system is a one-party system, the Communist Party of China (the current ruling party) is mistaken by foreigners as the voice of the entire country. But that's like saying that America is a Democratic or Republican country depending on which party wins each election.
6.Not all chinese people can speak "Chinese Mandarin."
Actually, "Chinese" is not a single, unified language. It's composed of many different dialects, the most common of which include Mandarin and Cantonese.
7.The Chinese food you're used to eating in the USA/Europe is probably not real Chinese food.
Sweet and egg rolls, beef and broccoli... Yeah, Chinese people don't eat that. Instead, you'll find more cooked vegetables and simple meat dishes. Different, but delicious.
8. There are already more Christians in China than Italy, and it's on track to become the largest center of Christianity in the world.
Due to the extremely rapid expansion of Christianity in China, there are now an estimated 54 million Christians in the country, comprised of about 40 million Protestants and 14 million Catholics. Meanwhile, Italy has just 60 million people in total, of which 79% are Christian these days, which means Italy has 47.4 million Christians, that's 12% less than China.
9. By 2025, China will build TEN New York-sized cities
The scale and pace of China's urbanization promises to continue at an unprecedented rate. If current trends hold, China's urban population will expand from 572 million in 2005 to 926 million in 2025 and hit the one billion mark by 2030. In 20 years, China's cities will have added 350 million people—more than the entire population of the United States today. By 2025, China will have 219 cities with more than one million inhabitants—compared with 35 in Europe today—and 24 cities with more than five million people. Also, 40 billion square meters of floor space will be built - in five million buildings. 50,000 of these buildings could be skyscrapers - the equivalent of ten New York Cities.
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