SOME FACTS ABOUT ASIA

1. Chinese children are named after events: In the late 1990s there was a spate of Aoyun - Olympic Games -
born.

2. Asia is the largest continent on Earth: It covers almost 9% of the globe and just under a third of the total land mass of the planet.

3. Good luck baby: In the mountains of Solapur, India, babies are thrown from a 50ft tower for good luck.

4. China and India are a third of the world's population: A total of 2.5billion people inhabit the two countries.

5. It's illegal to be fat in Japan:
Japanese law dictates a male over the age of 40 can't have a waistline larger than 33.5in and a woman 35.4in.

6. China only has one time zone: It has had only one since 1949.

7. North Koreans celebrate their own version of Christmas: North Koreans celebrate the birth of Kim Jong
Il's mother.

8. The world's largest shopping mall is a ghost town: The mall has room for 2350 shops.

9. Thailand's water gun festival: The Thai New Year is celebrated from the April 13-15.

10. Vietnamese New Year is everybody's birthday: People's age is determined by how many New Years - or Tets - they have lived through.

Source: www.eveningtimes.co.uk/opinion/columnists/top-10-facts-about-asia-133014n.21819974