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- Chinese use chopsticks to eat nearly everything, even noodles in their soup.
- Chinese invented paper, porcelain, and fireworks.
- Old men often carry their pet songbirds with them on walks.
- It took 3.1 million bricks to build the Forbidden City.
- The Great Wall, which is 3,950 miles (6,357 km) in length, was built by prisoners of war, criminals, and farmers. Many died building it. Their bodies were thrown into the structure of the wall.
- Chinese buy fresh meat and vegetables early each morning at open-air markets.
- Qin Shihuangdi, one of the first emperors of China, was buried in a tomb with more than six thousand life-sized terra-cotta (clay) soldiers.
- Television in China is controlled by the government.
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Red is the color of the communist revolution, the large yellow star represents the Chinese Communist Party, and the smaller stars stand for the Chinese people. |
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When most people see a giant panda, they think of China. These endangered animals live in western China and eat mostly bamboo stalks. |
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