Grand Canal English

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Grand Canal

— noun an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China; extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south

— noun the major waterway in Venice, Italy

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The Yangtze was part of a vast waterway known as the Grand Canal that linked Hangzhou with Beijing 1,000 miles to the north.

This is the Precious belt Bridge at Suzhou, with its 53 arches, one of the architectural marvels of the Grand canal.

The West's ascendancy was perfectly symbolised in June 1 842, when British ships sailed up the Yangtze to the Grand Canal in retaliation for the destruction of opium by a zealous Chinese official.