Gunpowder - Randomly mixing together excrement and dirt trying to make gold. Compass - Hanging a naturally magnetic rock from some string and noticing it moves. Paper - Mashing up some wood and flattening it. Printing - Putting some ink on a block and stamping it, like primary school. Thanks China!
Include silk making and paper money. Search Chinese inventions and you'll be amazed what has come out of China while Europeans were still wearing wolf skins and living in caves.
