Populous eastern Asian nation which has undergone a myriad of changes over the years, but remains one of the oldest civilizations in the world.
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Is the Great Wall of China visible from space?
Is the Great Wall of China visible from space?
This is quoted every now and then in film and television (e.g. The Truman Show), purportedly placing it among a rare class of single object that are both man-made and visible from space.
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Did spaghetti originate in China?
From an English-speaking competition at Beijing in 2005, a contestant claimed that spaghetti came from China.
The contestant said that Marco Polo lived in China for 20 years. He learned making noodles there and then brought the knowledge back to…
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Can China's "Quantum Satellite" transmit messages faster than light?
In the past days, the launch of a Chinese "Quantum Satellite" was widely reported in world news. Most articles seem to agree that the satellite is part of an experiment to demonstrate Quantum Key Distribution; however, China's state-owned news…
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Is food handled in China but available in Australia less safe than food handled in Australia?
Recently, there's been an incident involving frozen berries handled in China spreading Hepatitis A in Australia.
People are responding to this by arguing for better labeling of where food products are from, so that people can choose not to buy food…
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Was Mao's Great Leap Forward responsible for 30 million deaths?
I recently found an article calling into question the effect of Mao's policies on the famine during the Great Leap Forward in China towards the end of the 1950s. The author doesn't go as far as to claim outright that there was no famine during this…
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Are the photographs of battered Indian soldiers released on Chinese social media authentic?
A while ago two Pakistani newspapers released the news that Chinese social media released the following photos of battered Indian soldiers in the Chinese hands which India never officially admitted.
Indians furious over release of bruised soldiers'…
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Does the Chinese Communist Party (or government) enjoy 80% to 90% popular approval in almost all their decisions?
Roland Boer who has written extensively about China, write in his 2021 Springer book Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. A Guide for Foreigners, p. 281:
For Xi, the people’s standpoint (lichang) is basic and foundational (genben). [...]…
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Do Huawei phones delete videos/photos of anti-Covid-restrictions protests?
A highly retweeted tweet claims:
Chinese social media users report Huawei phones automatically deleting^* videos of the protests that took place in China, without notifying the owners.
* Not sure if it’s from the cloud or device level
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Did Portugal attempt to maintain control over Macau?
In this video, Are Hong Kong and Macau Countries?, educational YouTuber CGP Grey mentions (at 3m16s) that Portugal said they had a right to Macau forever, but the UN stepped in and said no to them.
Portugal claimed the treaty gave her control of…
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Did Jiang Zemin write an unpublished memoir?
It's been claimed in connection with the US bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade that:
In February 2011 The Sunday Times published an article stating that an unpublished memoir by former Chinese President Jiang Zemin recounts how Serbian…
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Is "Mu" a more common last name than "Xi" in China?
Is "Mu", which has a coronavirus variant named after it by the World Health Organization, a more common last name than "Xi", which the WHO has avoided naming a variant after?
Example comments on Reddit:
Mu, which has a variant, is a more common…
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Will China soon have a bigger navy than the USA?
According to this CNN article China either already has, or is on course to have a larger number of 'battle force ships' than the USA.
Is this true?
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Has China eliminated local transmission of COVID-19 within its borders?
Many sources assert that China appears to have eliminated COVID-19 within the country, except for the odd imported case or cluster, which is quickly isolated and eliminated. For instance, Worldometer's coronavirus tracker, based on data provided by…
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Will China's Three-Gorges Dam slow down Earth's rotation?
Business Insider claims that China's Three-Gorge's Dam will slow down Earth's rotation:
Raising 39 trillion kilograms of water 175 meters above sea level will increase the Earth’s moment of inertia and thus slow its rotation. However, the effect…
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Does most illegal fentanyl sold in the US come through Mexico?
The Atlantic claims:
most illicit fentanyl used in America, where 32,000 people died from fentanyl last year, comes through Mexico. Mexican cartels lack trained chemists to make fentanyl from scratch, so they buy precursors in bulk from China.…
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