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China is the world's third biggest country
by territory, and has the largest population.
It is one of the longest-running civilizations
on earth with its unique and attractive
culture.
It has developed at record speed to become
the second largest economy in the world.
Furthermore, China holds innumerable
attractions for tourists to explore.
the thread will be showing images from Chinese cities,
Towns,villages,people, etc including 20+ facts about China all in pictures!!....

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you are also free to add your contributions along the thread.
ENJOY!
Sources: Onlyfunfacts.Com, Pintrest.Com, Natgeographic.Com. Google.Com..

Lets Start With The Boring Ones

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..China also has the most international
borders, neighbouring with 14 countries:
Russia,
Mongolia,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan,
Afghanistan,
Pakistan
India,
Nepal,
Bhutan,
Myanmar,
Thailand,
Vietnam,
North Korea.
..more random pictures

There's the world’s longest wall, the Great
Wall of China, the world’s largest collection
of 2,000-year-old life-size figurines, the
Terracotta Army, and the world’s largest
ancient palace, the Forbidden City...
There's also beautiful Guilin, the splendid
Yangtze River, the renowned Yellow
Mountains, the lovely pandas and the
beaches at Sanya.
The list goes on.
Transportation is also improving fast.
Today, China has a new wave of intercity
high-speed trains and city metros. Beijing
Capital Inte rnational Airport is the second
busiest airport in the world and busiest in
Asia. China has some large sea ports too,
such as Shanghai (greatest cargo tonnage
since 2005), Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
more random pics.....

According to FIFA (Fédération
Internationale de Football Association),
football (soccer) — the most popular sport
in the world — was invented in China over
two thousand years ago during the Han
Dynasty in the second and third centuries
BC.
The sport was refined during the Tang
Dynasty (618–907) and Song Dynasty
(960–1279). Professional players
entertained the imperial court. It was called
cuju (/tsoo-jyoo/ 'kick ball').
Ironically over 2,000 years on, China, the
largest population on earth with millions of
soccer fans, has qualified for the FIFA
World Cup only once in 2002, when they
lost all three group games, conceded 9
goals and scored 0, finishing 31st, second
last to Saudi Arabia.
more random pics....

The highest mountain on the border with
China is the Mount Everest, the world's
highest mountains, with 8,848 metres
(29,000ft).
The longest river in China is the Yangtze
River with over 6,300km (3,914miles) in
length. This is also Asia's longest river.
China has the world's longest sea-crossing
bridge .
The Hongkong to Zhuhai-Macao
bridge was opened to traffic in October 2018.
The Gobi Desert which stretches over China
and Mongolia is the largest desert in Asia.
Almost one in five people on our earth live in
China, while the country is smaller than the USA.
The Chinese government lifted the one-child
policy in 2016, now Chinese parents are allowed
to have two children.
Many Chinese live in the 'megacities' of the
country. Megacities are cities with more than 10
million inhabitants. Six of the 33 megacities in
the world are located in China.
more random pics.....

The Chinese writing is done from top to bottom in
little symbols or signs, called 'characters' of
which an adult usually knows about 8,000
different characters. With 13 years most Chinese
children can read and write 3,000 characters.
Some Chinese words good to know:
Ni hao! means Hello!
Xie Xie means Thank You
Gong Xi Fa Cai! means Happy Chinese New
Year!..
more random pics....

The incredible Bailong Elevator in Hunan, China was
honoured at a special Guinness World Records
certificate presentation event.
Standing at 326 m (1,070 ft), the mechanical marvel,
which is located at the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park,
holds the record for world’s tallest outdoor lift...
more pics.....

Dont Be Deceived, The Chinese Are Poor Too..

If You Think Lagos Traffic Is Unbearable Imagine Being Stuck In A Chinese Traffic!

More Random Facts About China...

LMS1:
According to FIFA (Fédération
Internationale de Football Association),
football (soccer) — the most popular sport
in the world — was invented in China over
two thousand years ago during the Han
Dynasty in the second and third centuries
BC.
The sport was refined during the Tang
Dynasty (618–907) and Song Dynasty
(960–1279). Professional players
entertained the imperial court. It was called
cuju (/tsoo-jyoo/ 'kick ball').
Ironically over 2,000 years on, China, the
largest population on earth with millions of
soccer fans, has qualified for the FIFA
World Cup only once in 2002, when they
lost all three group games, conceded 9
goals and scored 0, finishing 31st, second
last to Saudi Arabia.
more random pics....

Interesting! Do consider posting your sources please.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35409594

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Interesting! Do consider posting your sources please.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35409594

Ok Thanks

nice

Cute

interesting

nice one.... but unfortunately you'll never see topics like this get to FP , which makes me wonder what kind of Mods Seun employs because I know that the job isn't even difficult and I'm sure I can do better than most of them.

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Educative and informative

LMS1:
..China also has the most international
borders, neighbouring with 14 countries:
Russia,
Mongolia,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Zimbabwe,
Afghanistan,
Pakistan
India,
Nepal,
Bhutan,
Ghana,
Thailand,
Vietnam,
North Korea.
..more random pictures

Wow

This is incredible

While panda is d official animal of d Chinese people...


A certain animal is seen as d symbol and more important than d lives of the rest of the citizen...


That animal is common cow people eat everyday... Shame on buhari

Amazing!!

Wow cool facts
Now this is front page worthy

please continue

Nice!
China should be on every traveler's bucket list. Truly after visiting China, one would wish to kill off all of Nigeria's leaders and politicians.

Is Taiwan China?

HITCHHIKING:
please continue

Sure, I Dont Know Why I Was Banned. I Dont Think The Thread Broke Any Nairaland Rule.
I Clearly Said Its Random.
Oga Lalasticlala And Co I Wish To Continue My Thread Pls.

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