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*A boy states that China is the largest country in Asia, even though {{wp|Russia}} has the most territory (without even including its territory in Europe).<ref>{{cite|author=Pariona, Amber|title="Which Are the 10 Largest Asian Countries By Area?"|publisher=WorldAtlas|date=November 3, 2017|url=www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-are-the-10-largest-asian-countries-by-area.html}}</ref> | *A boy states that China is the largest country in Asia, even though {{wp|Russia}} has the most territory (without even including its territory in Europe).<ref>{{cite|author=Pariona, Amber|title="Which Are the 10 Largest Asian Countries By Area?"|publisher=WorldAtlas|date=November 3, 2017|url=www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-are-the-10-largest-asian-countries-by-area.html}}</ref> | ||
*A reporter states that Beijing has been the capital of China for 800 years. However, the timeline does not work out: considering that Beijing was officially made the capital in 1279,<ref>{{cite|author=Wang, Yi|title="Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty" - ''A Century of Change: Beijing's Urban Structure in the 20th Century'', illustrated ed.|publisher=Springer International Publishing|date=July 20, 2016|isbn=978-3319396330|page=14|url=books.google.ca/books?id=RRq1DAAAQBAJ|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> just above 700 years would have passed by the time of ''Mario is Missing!''{{'}}s release. This also ignores the two gaps in which Beijing was not China's capital: from 1368 to 1420, when {{wp|Nanjing}} was made the capital during the {{wp|Ming dynasty}},<ref>{{cite|author=Fang, Jun|title=''China's Second Capital – Nanjing under the Ming'', 1368-1644|publisher=Routledge|date=May 23, 2014|url=books.google.ca/books?id=f1uhAwAAQBAJ|isbn=978-1135008444|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> and from 1928 to 1949, after the {{wp|Chinese reunification (1928)|1928 Chinese reunification}} and numerous other events until the formation of the People's Republic of China. | *A reporter states that Beijing has been the capital of China for 800 years. However, the timeline does not work out: considering that Beijing was officially made the capital in 1279,<ref>{{cite|author=Wang, Yi|title="Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty" - ''A Century of Change: Beijing's Urban Structure in the 20th Century'', illustrated ed.|publisher=Springer International Publishing|date=July 20, 2016|isbn=978-3319396330|page=14|url=books.google.ca/books?id=RRq1DAAAQBAJ|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> just above 700 years would have passed by the time of ''Mario is Missing!''{{'}}s release. This also ignores the two gaps in which Beijing was not China's capital: from 1368 to 1420, when {{wp|Nanjing}} was made the capital during the {{wp|Ming dynasty}},<ref>{{cite|author=Fang, Jun|title=''China's Second Capital – Nanjing under the Ming'', 1368-1644|publisher=Routledge|date=May 23, 2014|url=books.google.ca/books?id=f1uhAwAAQBAJ|isbn=978-1135008444|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> and from 1928 to 1949, after the {{wp|Chinese reunification (1928)|1928 Chinese reunification}} and numerous other events until the formation of the People's Republic of China. | ||
**The statement | **The statement could be an incorrect quote of a Chinese saying that describes Beijing as a 3,000 year old city that has served as a capital for 800 years.<ref>北京三千年，定都八百载</ref>. This saying refers to {{wp|Zhongdu}}, the capital city of the {{wp|Jin_dynasty_(1115–1234)|Jin dynasty}} established in 1153 in modern-day Beijing. <ref>http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/beijing/30785.htm</ref> | ||
*A boy says that the [[Gate of Heavenly Peace]] leads to the Emperor's home in the [[Forbidden City]], which is misleading: the Forbidden City itself was the Emperor's home. | *A boy says that the [[Gate of Heavenly Peace]] leads to the Emperor's home in the [[Forbidden City]], which is misleading: the Forbidden City itself was the Emperor's home. | ||
*A scientist says that the gate was created in the fourth century. This is incorrect: the gate was built in 1417.<ref name="eBeijing Tiananmen Gate">{{cite|title="People's Daily Online" - "The History of Tiananmen Gate"|publisher=eBeijing|date=November 26, 2010|url=www.ebeijing.gov.cn/BeijingInformation/BeijingsHistory/t1141051.htm|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> | *A scientist says that the gate was created in the fourth century. This is incorrect: the gate was built in 1417.<ref name="eBeijing Tiananmen Gate">{{cite|title="People's Daily Online" - "The History of Tiananmen Gate"|publisher=eBeijing|date=November 26, 2010|url=www.ebeijing.gov.cn/BeijingInformation/BeijingsHistory/t1141051.htm|accessdate=January 26, 2018}}</ref> | ||
