Citations:Great Wall of China

English citations of Great Wall of China

• 1796, The Annual Register, or, a view of the History, Politicks, and Literature for the Year 1767‎^[1], 5th edition, London: J. Dodsley, page 38:

  The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignines the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China.

• 1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment‎^[2], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183:

  The Great Wall of China is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. While it is difficult enough to be heard when you are inside the wall, it is impossible to be heard when you are on the outside.

• [2013 November, Pilwun Shih [施璧倫], “Stories of My Mother”, in Some of My Days‎^[3], 1st edition, EHG Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62:

  But he still wants his daughter to marry someone from that area between south of Changcheng and north of Huanghe. At one time, Amy had gone to fly kites with one of her American classmates in the park. It sort of seemed like they were going steady. She knew her father was not happy with this and she didn’t allow herself to start anything before something could have happened. She let the kite fly away. “What a sensible daughter I have.”]

• 2018 August 2, Christina Zhao, “Great Wall of China Collapse: Poor Renovation Works And Heavy Rainfall Blamed”, in Newsweek‎^[4], archived from the original on 02 August 2018:

  A northern section of the Great Wall of China collapsed after a period of heavy rain last month, with many blaming poor-quality renovations for the deterioration of the iconic landmark.

• 2022 February 6, Mari Saito, Winni Zhou, “Snowboarding-Proud Kiwi Sadowski-Synnott bags New Zealand's first Winter Games gold”, in Jacqueline Wong, Clare Fallon, editors, Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 30 May 2022:

  Sadowski-Synnott scored 92.88 on her final run, landing back-to-back 1080s on a challenging course resembling the Great Wall of China.
  Asked how she felt about making history as the island nation's first Winter Games gold medallist, she said it made her a "proud Kiwi".