China


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__**Did You Know? **__

 * That the official language spoken in China is Mandarin(Chinese),though many different dialects are spoken.
 * The two common dialects of the Chinese culture are: Cantonese and Mandarin.
 * The population of China is around 1.3 billion.

The city of Hong Kong was taken over by the British in 1841- but this didn't last- as Hong Kong became independent in 1997, existing with it's own flag as shown on the right! It will stay independent for 50 years before it is handed back to China in 2047! The three most well developed cities in China are Shanghai, Macau and Hong Kong, most of the cities in China are not very well developed.

China also owns the largest and longest wall in the world: The Great Wall of China! It is one of the seven wonders of the medieval world along with Stonehenge, Colosseum, Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, Hagia Sofia and the Leaning Tower of Piza. There are also seven wonders of the ancient and modern world. The wall is 50,000 km (31,000 miles) long and takes roughly 5 days to cross. The wall is a series of different walls and each wall was built by a different emperor of China. The series of walls are known as the First, Second, Third and Fourth Great Wall. The Great Wall of China is the only landmark on earth that people can see from space...says Neil Armstrong! __ The Great wall of China __