importunt facts about China -People in parts of western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar -A Chinese man holds the world record for the heaviest weight lifted with an ear: 110.1 lbs. -The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in early 20th century China -If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction -In 1972, China sent 3 pandas into space -China has more English speakers than the United States -One-fifth of the world's population lives in China -The population of China is so great that the official language of Mandarin is spoken by over 14%of the people in the world -The oldest surviving printed book in the world is a Chinese Buddhist text printed in 868 AD