China's Air Pollution

China has a lot of air pollution everywhere but more parts heavily than others. between 350,000 and 500,000 people a year in China die as a result of the air pollution. The smog was so severe that authorities declared a “red alert” for the first time, closing down schools, halting construction and limiting car traffic. The big cities like Beijing and Shanghai have really heavy smog and filled with air pollution. Many Chinese citizens wear face mask to prevent them from inhaling the bad air and causing them to get sick or die. The air pollution has gotten worse and worse and now about 4,000 people die of air pollution. This air pollution is caused by the bad coal over usage. Deaths related to the main pollutant, tiny particles known as PM2.5s that can trigger heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer and asthma

Weird Chinese Things

Urine Eggs

a traditional dish in China is Urine Balls Long hawked by street vendors like hot dogs, “boys eggs” sell for about 25 cents a piece. Locals swear by the eggs, which are first soaked in urine, then boiled in it. After boiling, the shells are cracked, and they are allowed to simmer for hours in the brine. Their taste is described as fresh and salty, and they are rumored to have myriad health benefits, including protecting the body from heat stroke, relieving joint pain, and increasing circulation of the blood.

Facekinis

In China, a traditionally agrarian country, it is pallid skin that is seen as a sign of beauty. So in china women wear "facekinis" which is a protective masks that cover their entire heads with the exception of their eyes, nostrils, and mouths.

Baiju

Baiju is a Chinese Alcohol drink that is made out of nail polish remover and Chinese love to drink this drink which is a very harmful and nasty drink.

Spitting

Spitting is a Chinese tradition. Spitting is as common as breathing in China, they believe (and maybe rightly so) that it should be released right then and there (weddings, birthdays, funerals, it doesn’t matter).

China's Giant Pandas

China is known for a lot of things like The Great Wall, Terra-Cotta Warriors, and Forbidden City but they are also known for their adorable big fluffy pandas. The giant panda only lives in a few mountain ranges in central western and south western China, mainly in Sichuan Province, and also available in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. It is an endangered animal. There are only 1,864 giant pandas alive in the wild. They eat Bamboos in the wild from China and just sit and play. Giant pandas live in large bamboo forests on humid and relatively high mountain slopes about 1,200 to 3,100 meters (4,000 to 10,000 feet) above sea level.

Chinese Zodiac

2016 is the Year of the Monkey according to Chinese zodiac. The Year of the Monkey starts from Feb. 8, 2016 and lasts to Jan. 27, 2017. The Chinese Zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, is based on a twelve-year cycle, each year in that cycle related to an animal sign. These signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. There has been a relationship between human and the 12 zodiacal animals. It is believed that the years represented by the animals affect the characters of people in the same way like the western astrology signs. 

Chinese Schooling

In China kids are required by law to go to school for nine years. Primary school, for children ages 6 to 11, covers the first six years of their compulsory education. After primary school, students continue on to junior middle school. In junior middle school students will complete grades 7, 8, and 9, as well as their compulsory education requirement. If students choose to continue with their education they will advance to senior middle school, the equivalent of high school in the United States, and finish grades 10, 11, and 12. Afterward, they will have the option of attending university or entering the workforce. The school year in China typically runs from the beginning of September to mid-July. Summer vacation is generally spent in summer classes or studying for entrance exams. The average school day runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a two-hour lunch break.

Ma Po Tofu

Ma po tofu is one of the most famous dishes in Chuan Cuisine with a history of more than 100 years. Ma describes a spicy and hot taste which comes from pepper powder.

Wontons

Since the Tang Dynasty (618–907), it has been a custom for people to eat wontons on the winter solstice. Wontons can be put in a soup and filled with beef.

Dumplings

With a long history of more than 1,800 years, dumplings are a traditional food widely popular in North China. Dumplings consist of minced meat and chopped vegetables wrapped into a thin piece of dough skin. It's Filled with dfferent things like beef chicken and shrimp.

Peking Roasted Duck

Peking duck is a famous dish from Beijing, enjoying world fame, and considered as one of China’s national dishes.

Interesting Facts

1.Toilet paper was invented in China in the late 1300s, It was for emperors only.

2.The Chinese invented paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

3.Ping-pong is one of the most popular games in China, but it was not invented in China. It originated in Britain, where it is called table tennis.
4.China invented the first paper money.
5.White, rather than black, is the Chinese color for mourning and funerals.

6. Chinese invented Ice cream by packing milk mixture and rice into snow.

7.According to popular legend, tea was discovered by the Chinese emperor Shennong in 2737 B.C. when a tea leaf fell into his boiling water. The Chinese consider tea to be a necessity of life.

8. The Chinese fiercely guarded the secrets of silk making, and anyone caught smuggling silkworm eggs or cocoons outside of China was put to death.

9.The oldest piece of paper in the world was found in China and dates back to the second or first century B.C. Paper was so durable, it was sometimes used for clothing and even light body armor.

10.China’s “one child” policy has contributed to female infanticide and has created a significant gender imbalance. There are currently 32 million more boys than girls in China. In the future, tens of millions of men will be unable to find wives, prompting some scholars to suggest that this imbalance could lead to a threat to world security.