The Great Wall of

China
BY: HECTOR DAVID CACHO ORTIZ

Place & More information

Location:

China

Type:

Cultural Fortification

Size:

21,196km (13,171mi)

Region:
Date:

Asia Pacific

220206 BC

Language

-There are as many as

292living languagesin
China.

Mandarin(spoken
natively by 70% of the
population), and
otherChinese
varieties:Wu(includingS
hanghainese),Yue(inclu
dingCantoneseandTais
hanese),Min(including
HokkienandTeochew),X
iang,Gan, andHakka.

population

2013estimate 1,357,380,000

The
percent
of
the
country's
population living in urban areas
increased from 20% in 1990 to over
50% in 2014.[386][387]It is estimated
that China's urban population will
reach one billion by 2030, potentially
equivalent to one-eighth of the world
population.[386][387]As of 2012, there
are
more
than
262million
migrant workersin
China,
mostly
rural migrants seeking work in cities.

Economy
China

is the world center for

the manufacture of all kinds of
products and the undisputed
largest industrial goods and
exporting power level
mundial.16 China is the world's
most populous country with a
higher rate of growth in
consumption, plus second
largest importer of goods.

Touristic places

The Prohibited City: Heritage since

1987, This secret city was closed to
the world for 500 years but now its
720,000 square meters of courtyards,
pavilions, big gardens, lounges, and
nearly 10,000 rooms are open to the
public and have become one of the
best known landmarks level world.

Chinese gastronomy

It is one of the richest because of the ancient culinary tradition of

the country, and is very well represented in the world. It can be
said that originally comes from different regions of China and has
spread to other parts of the world

Dim sum: These little cakes can be filled with fruits,

vegetables, meat or seafood, and usually served in small
containers.

Green te: It is characteristic of Chinese culture and take

in celebrations, special events or even to apologize,
because it represents values like welfare, harmony,
serenity and beauty, among others.

Politic System

The People's Republic of China is one of

the world's few remainingsocialist states
openly endorsing
communism(seeIdeology of the
Communist Party of China). The Chinese
government has been variously described
as communist and socialist, but also as
authoritarian andcorporatist,[with heavy
restrictions in many areas, most notably
againstfree access to the
Internet,freedom of the press,freedom of
assembly,the right to have children,free
formation of social
organizationsandfreedom of religion.

President: Xi Jinping

Sports

China has one of theoldest sporting

culturesin the world. There is evidence
that archery(Shjin)was practised
during theWestern Zhou Dynasty.
Other popular sports in the country
includemartial arts, basketball, table
tennis, badminton, swimming
andsnooker.Board gamessuch
asgo(known asweiqiin
China),xiangqi,mahjong, and more
recentlychess, are also played at a
professional level.

Famous people

Yao ming: Basketball

Lin Jiaqiao

Jackie Chan