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=== One of the languages spoken in China is mandarin. The type of money they use is yuan or renminbi. In some of the northern parts of china it snows for 150 days every year. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in China. The winters are longer then the summers, because the summers are very short. Three cities of China are Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Huangpu. ===

=== The China flag is red with a big yellow star and four little yellow stars. Farmers in China grow tea and rice where the Yangteze river is wet and warm. The red part of the flag stands for the Chinese revolution. The yellow of the star symbolizes the sun shining. The big star stands for the Communist Goverment. ===

=== The Great wall of China was built to keep invaders out. It kept them out for a while because it took them a long time to get around it. But after a long time they got in to China. The Great Wall was first made of soil. But after years of strong wind it got blown away. Qin Shi Huangdi (Chin-She-Hwong-Dee) was the first emeperor of China. His nickname was "The Dragon King." He ordered everyone to build him a great wall.He said "that would keep the invaders out for sure." But it wasn't exactly a success. Eventally the wall started to break. Pieces fell of the sides of it. The invaders got in and started to hurt China. Then after the death of Qin Shi Huangdi the emperors after him built the walls agian and agian and agian. ===