Few Odd Things About China

Most Americans don't know everything there is to know about their own country (after all, there is a lot of history there). So it's not surprising that most people don't know a lot of facts about one of our biggest rivals, China.
Geopolitical experts call China the "sleeping dragon" because of its rapidly growing economy and influence on the world. But what don't we know about them? Here some crazy interesting facts about the People's Republic of China that you probably didn't know.

To train soldiers to keep their chins up, a pin is precariously hanging in the collars of their uniforms.

 

The Republic of China Military Police teach their men the proper height to raise their arms while marching using wires attached to poles.

 

China executes four times as many convicts as every other country combined.

 

Google offers free legal download of music in China in partnership with the largest record labels in the world.

 

12. 30,000,000 people in China live in cave homes, called yaodongs. There are more yaodong dwellers than the population of Australia.