It was built by the Qin Dynasty, which despite being called "the first unified China" was a fraction of the size of modern China. And was built in part to keep people who are also now Chinese, and not just Mongols, out of "China"
And it also didn't last, it was fractured whem that dynasty fell.
Other than distant genetics, they have as much in common with modern China as the Greek government does to the linage of Ptolemy.
Every week I pass by a starbucks at a major transit hubin Canada.
Used to be a big blocker with the crowd of40-50 people at all times waiting to either order or pickup.
Since feb it is below 8 people. The local coffee shop across the street, and even the Canadian fast food place that serves good breakfast though, they got a lot of new business.
He has already made multiple comments on how he wants free access to Canadian water.
It was also a significant issue that almost derailed the original NAFTA, and is the reason that agreement had some of its nastier trap regulations.
He is already refusing to honor decades old agreements on the Columbia River, because he wants to just take it all.
If his goons create shortages in the US, they can work public opinion into trying to take it from Canada.
Because Biden opposed him.
Cynically, it increases US water usage and will make water more expensive in the US, allowing him and his ilk to push for an invasion of Canada.
And simultaneously 8.5 meters, 8.7 nanometers, 9.57m and 8.48m wide.
They started buying up the rare earth mines in South America in the late 2000s.
This is literally what their belt and road initative is built to hedge against.
Given Nintendo's NA HQ is in Seattle, its likely that their supply line runs through Seattle.
Thay said, in my opinion they are just being lazy as they also have a Vancouver facility as well. Port of Vancouver is also bigger, closer to Japan and notably more efficient than Seattle/Tacoma.
I highly recommend Crucible of War by Fred Anderson.
Just for everyone, the dear senator is doing some historical revisionism that needs correcting.
The guy is completely wrong about number 4. The king did not levy taxes on the colonists to oppress them.
After the seven years war, both England and France were functionally broke. The taxes added after the war were added for two reasons:
If the US hadnt just pissed off all of its allies, it might stand a chance against China, which has been preparing for this for at least 20 years
A note that they did not resurrect the dire wolf.
Their marketing department says they did.
What they did was create a new subspecies of grey wolf that outwardly resembles a Dire wolf.
The two species diverged between 2.5 and 6 million years ago.
Six million years ago we were orangutan like apes living in trees and Chimps/Bonobos were too. 2.5 million our ancestors were Homo Habilis.