Top 10 China facts you may not have known (10 images)

Chinese newlyweds have their photos taken in front of St. Joseph's Catholic Cathedral in central Beijing November 21, 2010. China's government-backed Catholic church ordained a bishop who did not have the pope's approval Saturday, despite strong objections from the Vatican and comments by a key papal adviser that the move was "illegitimate" and "shameful." UPI/Stephen Shaver

Clothing hangs to dry in an impoverished village next to a new residential complex in Beijing October 5, 2010. China's urban population is expected to surpass 700 million in the next five years, exceeding the number of rural dwellers for the first time, the country's top population policy official was cited as saying last month. UPI/Stephen Shaver

Chinese bicycle past a parked, made-in-China Jeep Rubicon in downtown Beijing November 28, 2010. China, which has the largest automobile market in the world, continues to embrace classic American sport utility vehicles as a sign of power and prestige. While the Big Three automakers steadily recover in the United States, they're doing a booming business in China. UPI/Stephen Shaver

Visitors look at China's homegrown bullet train, the CRH380A, the train that set an operating speed record of 302 miles per hour during a test run on the Beijing-Shanghai line last week, on display outside the venue for the 7th World Congress on High Speed Rail in Beijing December 8, 2010. China now leads the world with 4,680 miles of high-speed rail network, and thousands of miles of new high-speed railways are under construction nationwide. UPI/Stephen Shaver