!!!China: Culture $$$$11 !!World Heritage * [Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/439] * [Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/441] * [Mogao Caves|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/440] * [Mount Taishan|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/437] * [Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/449] * [The Great Wall|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/438] * [Mount Huangshan|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/547] * [Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/638] * [Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/637] * [Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/640] * [Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/705] * [Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/707] * [Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/703] * [Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/704] * [Lushan National Park|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/778] * [Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/779] * [Ancient City of Ping Yao|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/812] * [Classical Gardens of Suzhou|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/813] * [Old Town of Lijiang|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/811] * [Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/880] * [Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/881] * [Dazu Rock Carvings|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/912] * [Mount Wuyi|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/911] * [Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1002] * [Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1004] * [Longmen Grottoes|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1003] * [Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1001] * [Yungang Grottoes|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1039] * [Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1083] * [Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1135] * [Historic Centre of Macao|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1110] * [Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1213] * [Yin Xu|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1114] * [Kaiping Diaolou and Villages|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1112] * [South China Karst (Phase II)|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1248] * [Fujian Tulou|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1113] * [Mount Sanqingshan National Park|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1292] * [Mount Wutai|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1279] * [China Danxia|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1335] * [Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1305] * [West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1334] * [Chengjiang Fossil Site|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1388] * [Site of Xanadu|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1389] * [Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1111] * [Xinjiang Tianshan|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1414] * [Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1442] * [The Grand Canal|http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1443] $$$$12 $$$$21 !!Nobel Prize Winners (13) Here persons are counted for the country they born in or if their affiliation is with this country. %%sortable ||Name||Category||Year||Motivation | [The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) |https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1989/lama/facts]|Peace|1989| | [Walter Houser Brattain|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1956/brattain/facts]|Physics|1956|"for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect" | [Edmond H. Fischer|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1992/fischer/facts]|Medicine|1992|"for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism" | [Charles Kuen Kao|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2009/kao/facts]|Physics|2009|"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication" | [Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1957/lee/facts]|Physics|1957|"for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles" | [Arthur B. McDonald|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2015/mcdonald-facts/facts]|Physics|2015|"for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass" | [Ei-ichi Negishi|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2010/negishi/facts]|Chemistry|2010|"for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis" | [Daniel C. Tsui|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1998/tsui/facts]|Physics|1998|"for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations" | [Youyou Tu|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2015/tu-facts/facts]|Medicine|2015|"for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria" | [Liu Xiaobo|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2010/xiaobo/facts]|Peace|2010|"for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China" | [Gao Xingjian|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2000/gao/facts]|Literature|2000|"for an æuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama" | [Mo Yan|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2012/yan/facts]|Literature|2012|"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary" | [Chen Ning Yang|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1957/yang/facts]|Physics|1957|"for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles" %% $$$$22 $$$$51 $$$$52