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The Great Wall of China  is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties. Several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China, were built since the 5th century BC. The most famous is the wall built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang; little of it remains; it was much farther north than the current wall, which was built during the Ming Dynasty in the 15th century.

The Great Wall stretches over approximately 6,508 km (4,000 miles) from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia, but stretches to over 6,700 km (4,160 miles) in total. At its peak, the Ming Wall was guarded by more than one million men. It has been estimated that somewhere in the range of 2 to 3 million Chinese died as part of the centuries-long project of building the wall.

Qomolangma  or Sagarmatha (Nepali: ???????) is the highest mountain on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level, which is 8,848 meters or 29,028 feet. The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet, China. By the end of the 2007 climbing season there had been 3,679 ascents to the summit by 2,436 individuals. There have been 210 deaths on the mountain, where conditions are so difficult that most corpses have been left where they fell; some are visible from standard climbing routes.

Climbers range from experienced mountaineers to relative novices who count on their paid guides to get them to the top. This means climbers are a significant source of tourist revenue for Nepal, whose government also requires all prospective climbers to obtain an expensive permit, costing up to $25,000 (USD) per person.

I came from Nanjing, China, and you?

Above photo isthe Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge.

The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is the second bridge, after the Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge, to be built across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, China. It was completed in 1968 and is the first double-decker, double-track highway and railway bridge designed and constructed by the Chinese without outside engineering assistance.

After the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union’s relations decayed, China was left unable to build a bridge on such a scale by themselves, without outside support. The project was undertaken to prove Chinese engineers were able to overcome this perceived lack of ability.

It’s a gigantic masterpiece and includes a bus stop at the top of it, next to a museum. On the western side of the bridge, a new city is currently being developed.

It is 6,772 meters (22,212 feet) long and has a span of 160 m (525 feet)–it can take up to 15 minutes to cross during regular traffic periods.

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