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	Great Wall of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Several walls were built since the 3rd century BC, the most famous being the Great Wall built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the First Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi (this was located much further north than the current Great Wall of China built during the Ming Dynasty, and little of it remains).
		Its purpose was to defend the China mainland from nomadic Mongolians.
		The Great Wall of China in 1907, as photographed by Herbert Ponting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Wall_of_China (2283 words)

	Great Wall of China hoax: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The great wall of china (), also known in china as the great wall of 10,000 li¹ (), is an ancient chinese fortification built from the end of the 15th...
		China () is a country located chiefly in continental east asia with some outer territories in central asia and offshore islands in the pacific ocean...
		The backdrop of this was late 19th-century China.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/G/Gr/Great_Wall_of_China_hoax.htm (1938 words)

	Great Wall of China -
		It was preceded by several walls built since the 3rd century BC, the most famous being the Great Wall built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the First Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, which was located much further north than the current Great Wall of China built during the Ming Dynasty, and little remains.
		The Wall stretches over a formidable 6,352 km (3,948 miles), from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Sea in the east, at the limit between China proper and Manchuria, to Lop Nur in the southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (refer to University of Washington: A.
		The primary purpose of the wall was to make it difficult for semi-nomadic people outside the wall (such as the Mongols under Altan Khan and the Oirats under Esen Taiji) to raid into China with their horses or return with stolen property.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Great_Wall_of_China (1848 words)

	WikiMiki.net - Badaling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Great Wall of China (, literally the Long City/Fortress of 10,000 Li¹), is an ancient Chinese fortification built from the end of the 14th century until the beginning of the 17th century, during the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect China from raids by the Mongols and Turkic tribes.
		The Great Wall seen today was built during the Ming Dynasty, on a much larger scale and with longer lasting materials (solid stone used for the sides and the top of the Wall) than any wall built before.
		The primary purpose of the wall was not to keep out people, who could climb the wall, but make it difficult for semi-nomadic people outside the wall to cross with their horses or return with stolen property.
	badaling.en.wikimiki.net (10227 words)

	G u r u s o n l i n e - E n g l i s h (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		China is destined to become a superpower -- one with an economy as big as that of the United States with five times the population.
		China is not a military threat to the world, but it will soon have the capacity to defend itself against American aircraft carriers and satellite surveillance systems.
		China is still Japan's number two trading partner behind the United States, but the figures indicate that China is rapidly passing the U.S. as the top exporter to Japan.
	www.gurusonline.tv /uk/conteudos/gu_report.asp (9098 words)

	The Great Wall of China Hoax
		It said that the Chinese were going to tear the Great Wall down and build a road in its place, and that to complete this project they were taking bids from American firms.
		It proved to be (and continues to be) a popular morality tale told by preachers to their congregations in order to demonstrate the harmful consequences of lying.
		But in actuality the Great Wall of China hoax had nothing to do with the Boxer Rebellion.
	www.museumofhoaxes.com /wallchina.html (324 words)

	China (Harpers.org)
		China's prime minister denied that the eighth graders were making fireworks and claimed instead that a crazed suicide bomber had caused the explosion.
		China's deputy health minister finally admitted that the country is facing an AIDS epidemic; over the first half of this year, HIV infections rose nearly 70 percent compared with the same period last year.
		China announced that Hong Kong will not be allowed to elect its next leader in 2007, contrary to the city's Basic Law, which was enacted when Britain turned over the territory in 1997; China's Standing Committee of the National People's Congress said that an election would create social and economic instability.
	www.harpers.org /China.html (3401 words)

	Culture :: China Digital Times (CDT) 中国数字时代
		China's Ministry of Education warned Monday that there are now less than one percent of the five million professional Chinese-as-a-second-language teachers that are expected to be needed over the next five years.
		China's remote far western region of Xinjiang, where part of Oscar-winning "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was filmed, is to ban movie shoots at scenic spots for fear of damage to the environment, state media said on Thursday.
		China installed a controversial new Catholic bishop on Sunday in a ceremony reflecting the split between the Vatican and the Chinese state-run church that divides villagers in this heavily Catholic corner of the country.
	chinadigitaltimes.net /culture (8685 words)

	The Great Pyramid of Giza and the Baha'i Faith - Harmony of Science and Religion
		Somebody told him there was a great store of knowledge in the pyramid, that there were maps and charts and there was great wealth in the pyramid.
		Right outside his back window was this Great Pyramid and he knew what was inside of it and this was the type of temple that he was setting out to build.
		He knew that it was a big hoax, the fact that put him in there, and he didn't know why he was in there, and then he found he was fulfilling prophecy.
	www.alaska.net /~peace/pyramid.htm (9986 words)

	IEEE-USA Today's Engineer
		Yet another myth appears as the answer to a Trivial Pursuit question: that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible with the naked eye from outer space and/or the Moon.
		According to astronauts who have traversed outer space and been on the Moon, the Great Wall of China is barely visible from the space shuttle, much less the Moon.
		According to CIAC, the most obvious sign that a warning is a hoax is the directive to “send it to everyone you know.” Two factors make a successful hoax: technical sounding language and credibility by association.
	www.todaysengineer.org /2004/May/myths.asp (982 words)

	Bush and the Great Wall
		When delirious crowds tore down the Berlin Wall in 1989, many hallucinated that a millennium of borderless freedom was at hand.
		This Great Wall of Capital, which separates a few dozen rich countries from the earth's poor majority, completely dwarfs the old Iron Curtain.
		Unlike China's Great Wall, the new wall is only partially visible from space.
	www.commondreams.org /views04/0120-02.htm (1212 words)

	Amazon.com: Vital Signs: A Complete Guide to the Crop Circle Mystery and Why It Is Not a Hoax: Books: Mike Leigh,Andy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With great persistence, a feisty spirit, and often hilarious drama at such venues as the annual Glastonbury Symposium and the International UFO Congress, Thomas remains one of the fiercest defenders of the true crop circles, and a defender as well of the hard research that's been done on the phenomenon over the years.
		One of the great strengths of Vital Signs is the year-by-year chronology it provides, as well as the beautiful photographic gallery that accompanies the text, including a central color section.
		Vital Signs is a great introduction for those confronting the crop circles for the very first time, as well as a primary resource for long-time researchers still dazzled by the mysterious signs in the fields.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1583940693?v=glance (1586 words)

	Reverse Spins
		Report: China’s Military Space Power Growing-6/6 Spacecom, By Leonard David-- China’s escalating expertise in space is also enhancing its competence as a global military force.
		Today even though China is producing Tibetan brocades, Dalai Lama and his followers do not like to wear clothes made in China because of political reasons.
		China Condemns Spanish Court Allegations of Tibetan Genocide-6/7 VOA, By Daniel Schearf -- China has strongly condemned a Spanish court that has decided to hear a case involving allegations China has carried out genocide in Tibet.
	www.reversespins.com (6865 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Asian news hub providing the latest news and analysis from Asia
		The Cold War ended more than 15 years ago, yet to hear some tell it, Russia is moving closer now to the bad old days of the former Soviet Union.
		In Canada, a frenzied oil sands boom, drawing laborers from as far away as China, shows how high prices are sustained by labor shortages.
		China, which has effectively resolved or shelved most conflicts along its periphery, is taking up the slack.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Front_Page.html (1257 words)

	Interested People - Astronautics for Dummies
		This question is asked very often, and sometimes it is not phrased correctly, just like: "Can you see the Great Wall of China from the shuttle or from the space station?".
		It is a common misunderstanding that we were able to see the Great Wall of China from the Moon.
		Yes, you can see the Great Wall of China from 200-300 miles, from the Earth orbit of the shuttle, in space.
	www.lrt.mw.tum.de /en/interessierte/raumfahrt_fuer_dummies.phtml (2759 words)

	Amazon.com: The Great 401(k) Hoax: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Family and Your Future: Books: William ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		They compare this popular form of retirement planning with the Dutch tulip mania of the 17th century, the South Sea Bubble of the 18th century, and the stock-market crash of 1929--and suggest that something worse is on the horizon for people who are planning to live their golden years off the proceeds of 401(k) investing.
		All in all, "The Great 401(k) Hoax" has a few germs of good advice, but be careful about taking everything at face value.
		The great 401(k) hoax has a long-term view that is very sobering and that people must pay attention to.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0738206350?v=glance (1788 words)

	The Presurfer - Your Daily Dose of Diversion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Great Wall of China is a line of fortifications extending about 1,500 miles across northern China.
		Built in the third century B.C. by some 300,000 laborers (mainly criminals, conscript soldiers, and slaves), the wall proved ineffective against invaders and is today a major tourist attraction.
		The wall, running mostly along the southern edge of the Mongolian plain, was erected to protect China from northern nomads.
	presurfer.meepzorp.com /archive/2006_03_01_archive.html#114216201256485799 (4521 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Inboxer Rebellion (Thousand Dollar Bill)
		This version of the hoax may top them all in that it's designed to be sent only to the extremely gullible, thereby multiplying its chances of being forwarded on from there.
		I, Ryan Newell, thought myself that this was a hoax but I sent it to you all and ten(10) days later I got a check for $3990.
		One clear sign of a hoax is a "founder" who can't spell the name of his company.
	www.snopes.com /inboxer/nothing/billgate.asp#billgate (10056 words)

	Mask of China, Dalian Edition: SARS Letter from Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is an email sent to me by my cousin, Dr. Kenneth Tsang, an internal medicine specialist at a hospital in Hong Kong, the epicentre of the current SARS crisis.
		Huang Hua, Great Wall of China: Jan 2004
		PBS Special "China in the Red": The Human Cost of the Economic Transformation of China
	www.maskofchina.com /2003/03/sars-letter-from-hong-kong.html (1582 words)

	Mask of China, Dalian Edition: March 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		My students are a great bunch; their ages range range from age 7-40.
		The �Harvard� of China is Beijing University and it is probably 10 times harder to get in there than it is to get into the real Harvard.
		But here in China it is a warrior and milked for its last ounce of washing power.
	www.maskofchina.com /2003_03_01_archive.html (5577 words)

	Slashdot \| Chinese Bloggers Stage Hoax
		I'm sorry if we're all a little skeptical about how great the Chinese government is, but Tianamen Square [wikipedia.org] was only 16 1/2 years ago, and this guy [wikipedia.org] only died 30 years ago.
		Wang is the perpetrator of a hoax, I'm inclined to believe that the blogger intentionally made himself hard to reach to insure his goals.
		This bizarre hoax makes about as much sense as a Pinochet supporter disappearing and reappearing during his reign, to make a comment on the Western media's coverage of the 'disappearance' of many of his protesters.
	yro.slashdot.org /yro/06/03/14/1411254.shtml (7384 words)

	The Chronicles of Nevermore » 2005 » March (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		They carried stories announcing that the Chinese were about to tear down the Great Wall of China and replace it with a highway.
		When they got word of the hoax, they were so angry at the decadent Westerners, they launched the Boxer Rebellion.
		Most of these hoaxes are chronicled in the delightful book The Museum of Hoaxes by Alex Boese.
	nevermoreraven.com /index.php?m=200503 (2273 words)

	The Scriptorium
		Before he got off the phone, Rudus was convinced the agents were going to drop their demand for the Great News Network’s tracts.
		Additional law-enforcement attention is being centered on the Iranian Mission to the United Nations, where there have already been three episodes in the last four years in which diplomats and security guards have been expelled for casing and photographing New York City subways and other potential targets.
		“We continue to believe that China has some way to go on this area, that a modern society that has moved as far as the Chinese have economically must begin to provide these kinds of freedom to their people,” Wilder said.
	rightwingerz.com (12437 words)

	Another Fake Blog: I Love Bees : Business Blog Consulting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The initial seed for the site was the URL inserted into the E3 Halo trailer, so it was very clear it had something to do with the game.
		What’s driving the interest (and there appears to be a great deal of interest in the site within the target community) is trying to determine what a random thing has to do with the game.
		GameSpot has a good bit of info on this particular campaign, including some history of Bungie (the game’s developer) using these sorts of tactics to generate pre-release hype.
	www.businessblogconsulting.com /2004/07/another_fake_bl.html (1744 words)

	Ten Year Index 1994 - 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		China to Chinatown: Chinese Food from the West by J.A.G. Roberts 10(1): 20-21
		Great Dishes of Yung Kee by Kimsen Kan and Hui Hin Leung 5(4): 15-16
		Carcinogens in sauces, are they a hoax 7(3): 6
	www.flavorandfortune.com /f_F-10-year-index-1994-2003.htm (4797 words)

	George W. Bush - Terrorist in the White House - Main Page
		Israel has overtaken England to become the worlds 5th largest nuclear power, roughly equivalent to France and China in the size and sophistication of its nuclear arsenal.
		Red Cross condemns 'illegal' Israeli wall The International Red Cross has said the security barrier that Israel is building in the West Bank is contrary to humanitarian law, and should not be built.
		It kinda gives new meaning to the lyrics "All in all you're just another brick in the wall" when you consider your U.S. tax dollars are funding this.
	www.nogw.com (11879 words)

	Keyword
		Romans may have learned from Chinese Great Wall: archaeologists The construction of the Roman Limes was quite possibly influenced by the concept of the Great Wall in China, though the two great buildings of the world are far away from each other, said archaeologists and historians.
		Although there is no evidence that the two constructions had any direct connections, indirect influence from the Great Wall on the Roman Limes is certain, said Visy Zsolt, a professor with the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology of the University of Pecs in Hungary.
		The exposure of this hoax by authorities has completely vindicated Wendy's....
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=learned (1551 words)

	The Believer - The Most-Lost Tribe
		“Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth: a great company shall return thither...
		They called themselves the B’nei Menashe, and if what they believed of their own history was true, their tribe, over three millennia, had wandered clear across Asia on the Silk Route and settled in the jungle-covered hills at the edge of the Golden Triangle.
		So circuitous was their Diaspora that they are the only group in the history of the world that can lay claim to building both the Egyptian pyramids and the Great Wall of China.
	www.believermag.com /issues/200407?read=article_power (608 words)

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