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 Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:31 pm
How come Chinese people can be really tall (for example: Yao Ming) and some be really short?
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:41 am
The people from Northern China are generally stereotyped as taller, and Southern shorter. There are exceptions to that stereotype, but it's probably mostly based on genetics. The tall people congregated in the north or something. Haha~
Anyways, in Beijing you're considered a third class handicap if you are under 5'10". Means people have to help you on the buses, because you might not be able to reach the rings, that's all.
Don't northerners eat more meat and grain? I think that that might be a minor reason why they might be taller; however it should mostly be genetics... Really, I'm not sure why it happens like that, but there are tall people in both Northern and Southern China. I guess there's more in the North... That's all... Just like how there are tall people and short people in the USA. o_o Genetics.
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:43 pm
China has more than a billion people, that's why.
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:17 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:43 pm
x___Ushio-chan says:
I'm 5'8" tall and my brother and my dad are both 6 feet tall. Plus my alot of my cousin and uncle from dad side are tall as well. So we (cousin, uncle, dad, brother and I) are never short. o-o
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:09 am
It's based on your family tree and genetics. Because I'm taller that my older sister, my dad and mom. And their short and I'm the random tall one so it all depends! >w<
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:28 am
Popourri The people from Northern China are generally stereotyped as taller, and Southern shorter. There are exceptions to that stereotype, but it's probably mostly based on genetics. The tall people congregated in the north or something. Haha~
Anyways, in Beijing you're considered a third class handicap if you are under 5'10". Means people have to help you on the buses, because you might not be able to reach the rings, that's all.
Don't northerners eat more meat and grain? I think that that might be a minor reason why they might be taller; however it should mostly be genetics... Really, I'm not sure why it happens like that, but there are tall people in both Northern and Southern China. I guess there's more in the North... That's all... Just like how there are tall people and short people in the USA. o_o Genetics. My family is like from southern China & there's like a mix of tall & short =/ My aunt & uncle are short & then my cousin is like taller then both of them....i guess it depends on the food we eat too..
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:47 pm
It is really random. Then again, with a big population, you get results.
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:01 pm
kuinluvsnear My family is like from southern China & there's like a mix of tall & short =/ My aunt & uncle are short & then my cousin is like taller then both of them....i guess it depends on the food we eat too..
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:09 am
ah i wish i was on the taller side, sadly i'm short ;__;
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:46 pm
Popourri The people from Northern China are generally stereotyped as taller, and Southern shorter. There are exceptions to that stereotype, but it's probably mostly based on genetics. The tall people congregated in the north or something. Haha~
Anyways, in Beijing you're considered a third class handicap if you are under 5'10". Means people have to help you on the buses, because you might not be able to reach the rings, that's all.
Don't northerners eat more meat and grain? I think that that might be a minor reason why they might be taller; however it should mostly be genetics... Really, I'm not sure why it happens like that, but there are tall people in both Northern and Southern China. I guess there's more in the North... That's all... Just like how there are tall people and short people in the USA. o_o Genetics. Oh damn. D:
I'm from Beijing, and I'm 5'2"
wtf happened to me? D:
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:08 pm
O r a l F ii x a t i o n Oh damn. D:
I'm from Beijing, and I'm 5'2"
wtf happened to me? D:
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:50 pm
A Bathing Panda China has more than a billion people, that's why. this is it! the simplest answer you could get biggrin there really isn't a better way to explain it than this biggrin
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:32 pm
>3>;
I say Genetics~
Thats the scientific answer. xD
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:26 am
It's all in the genes. Even though I may be only half Chinese, I'm still hella short.
5' 1". Beat that. xD
I blame coffee.
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