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China is a populous nation in East Asia whose vast
landscape encompasses grassland, desert,
mountains, lakes, rivers and more than 14,000km of
coastline.
Capital
Beijing
mixesismodern
architecture
Bengali (also
known
as Bangla)
the official
with
historic
sites such and
as the
Forbidden
language
of Bangladesh
several
statesCity
in India.
palace complex and Tiananmen Square. Shanghai is a
It is commonly ranked as one of the top five
skyscraper-studded global financial center. The
languages in terms of the number of native
iconic Great Wall of China runs east-west across
speakers. The Bengali language is a member of the
the country's north.
Eastern Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European
language
family. It is one of several languages
Capital: Beijing
descended from the ancient Sanskrit language.
Population: 1.357 billion (2013) World Bank
Bengali
is written
in a syllabic alphabet that is very
Currency:
Renminbi
different from the English alphabet. There are no
uppercase or lowercase forms for Bengali letters.
The Bengali language is written from left to right,
like English. Another notable aspect of Bengali
letters is that they all have at least a partial bar at
the top, which connects to the other letters in a
word. Three Bengali letters are shown below as
examples.
কখগ
Country
Flag
Traditional dress
Place of Interest
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall stretches from Dandong in the east
to Lop Lake in the west, along an arc that roughly
delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. A
comprehensive archaeological survey, using
advanced technologies, has concluded that the Ming
walls measure 8,850 km (5,500 mi). This is made up
of 6,259 km (3,889 mi) sections of actual wall,
359 km (223 mi) of trenches and 2,232 km
(1,387 mi) of natural defensive barriers such as
hills and rivers. Another archaeological survey
found that the entire wall with all of its branches
measure out to be 21,196 km (13,171 mi).
Famous Person
Bruce Lee
Lee Jun-fan, known professionally as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong
and American actor, martial artist, philosopher, filmmaker, and
founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do. Lee was the son of
Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-Chuen.