Many country houses don't have power or running water. Many people live in cities. Chinese apartments are different than our apartments. Families in apartments usually share kitchens and bathrooms with other families. The government wants each family to have only ONE child.
Many Chinese children grow up without brothers or sisters.
Children have to learn 400-500 characters a year at school. When children learn 3,000 they are 10 or 11. When they go to college the learn 5,000 more. I learned that Chinese people usually travel by bicycle. One very famous sport is a special kind of boxing know as Kung fu.