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Chinese wall

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Chinese wall

Summary

Chinese wall is a metaphor[1]. It draws 896 Wikipedia views per month (metaphor category, ranking #15 of 42).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chinese wall's instance of is recorded as metaphor[3].
  • Chinese wall's instance of is recorded as Wikimedia disambiguation page[4].
  • Great Wall of China is named after Chinese wall[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include metaphor[3] and Wikimedia disambiguation page[4].

Origins

Great Wall of China is named after Chinese wall[5].

Why It Matters

Chinese wall draws 896 Wikipedia views per month (metaphor category, ranking #15 of 42).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → metaphor, Wikimedia disambiguation page
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    Named after → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007561580205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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