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Weird Things About China That Are So BIZARRE You’ll Think We Made Them Up...
China is a huge, overwhelming, and totally fascinating country to be in right now. It seems to be a mixture of unusual old traditions and new advancements, many of which are equally as strange.
Here in this video, we've put together some of the weirdest and hard-to-figure facts about this incredible country.
Children poop everywhere in China.
Split-pants are often worn by Chinese children so that they can easily use the restroom whenever they want. It is not uncommon to see a Chinese mother holding her baby, split-pants downward, over a public trashcan.
Some Chinese police use geese instead of police dogs.
According the Chinese authorities , geese have great vision and can be aggressive, making them a great alternative to a police dog.
You can’t have kids until the government lets you.
Married Chinese couples have to apply for and be approved for a Family Planning Certificate three months before or after the pregnancy.
The infamous One Child Policy actually had severe consequences...but not as severe as you may think.
Chinese people who had more than one child often had to pay heavy fines during the beginning days of this policy. However, although it was widely publicized in western media, forced sterilization or abortions are relatively rare.
You can hire someone to help you avoid traffic.
If you find yourself caught in a traffic jam in China, there are services you can call which will send someone on a motorcycle to collect you - along with someone to sit in your car and wait.
There are a lot of empty spaces in China.
In fact, many of China's abandoned cities are brand new, and have never even had people living in them.
The Chinese are great at replicating things.
China loves to replicate things - and not just DVDs or designer sunglasses. For example, in Shanghai, there is a place called Themes Town, which is supposed to be a miniature replica of London.
Some 35 million Chinese people still live in caves.
In his book “Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China”, Paul Theroux writes, ” There is no government program to remove these troglodytes, but there is a scheme to give them better caves. It seemed to me a kind of lateral thinking. Why rehouse or resettle these cave-dwellers? The logical solution was to improve their caves. That was very Chinese.”
The Chinese army uses pigeons to send messages.
China’s military is training 10,000 pigeons as part of a “”reserve pigeon army” to serve as a back-up communication system.
There are plenty of weird buildings in China.
Across China, there are a variety of unusual buildings, including this gem, which is the CCTV headquarters. There are also buildings shaped like fish, and one shaped like a mobile phone.
In China, you can rent a significant other.
There are services in China that allow you to rent a date online - unlike Western escort services, the goal isn't sex. Instead, Chinese people rent their significant other to get their parents to stop complaining about being single.
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