Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Tourist Attractions

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/
Hello. Today I will talk about the tourist attractions of China. The first that comes to mind is the Great Wall of China. It is about 8851.8km long even though some parts are in ruin and others have disappeared. it took about 2000 years to build. From the Warring States Period (476 BC-221 BC) to Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It was made to protect the Chinese from the Mongols. It was worked on by over 100 000 people. If they died when working, they were put inside the wall and sealed in. Next is the Terracotta Warriors. There are over 7000 warriors and each one is different. There are also Many horses, chariots and weapons. They were made to protect Qin Shi Huang. The first Emperor of all of China. It took 11 years to complete and he started when he ascended to the throne when he was 13. These are only 2 of the hundreds of tourist attractions in China. Some day I wish to visit these places.

Wednesday, 7 March 2012

China


https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
China has the largest population (1,343,239,923) even though it only has the 4th largest area
(9,596,961 sq km). It is bordered by: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan.It shares Mt. Everest with Nepal and it is the highest point in elevation (8850m). It's lowest point is Turpan Pendi (-154m). The total amount of men and women who are fit for war and are trained and come into a fight are 618,588,627. Canada has a POPULATION of only 32,000,000. That is funny. The capital Beijing Hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics in a 1 billion dollar stadium they built just for the occasion called the Bird's Nest.