The Photos of China's Situation and Atmosphere during 1900s [PICS] part-2

This post is the continuation of previous post: The Photos of China's Situation and Atmosphere during 1900s [PICS] part-1



Rather than go straightforward to the photos which I think kind of boring, let's see some fact about Ancient China.

1. With an ongoing history dating back over sixteen thousand years, China is the world's oldest known continuous civilization.

2. "The Silk Road," and the riches it channeled toward influential western merchants like Pier One, life in the west has been forever enhanced by what were once considered exotic Chinese "novelties."

3. Chinese culture whose earliest recorded history takes us back to nearly 14,000 B.C, back to the time of the first fumbling and painful experiments with acupuncture-the era of the Tang Dynasty.

4. The Great Wall of China was started built by Emperor Tsu of the Shang Dynasty, a family of rulers who began their lengthy dominion in the eleventh century B.C.

5.  It was believed, good spirits populating the Chinese countryside in the form of oxen, monkeys, giant pandas, dragons and rabbits. On the other hand, they were certain that other animals like snakes, ducks, voles and pigs had evil spirits within them, spirits  intent on the destruction of their glorious empire.









Okay that is the old China during 1900s. However China today has changed so much, they modernized so fast. Yet there are folks who predict China will surpass in span of 2020-2030. While for me, I can't say anything because I'm not good at predicting but my logic saying is 2050 afterwards or late 21st century.
So what do you think of old China?