WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

The Marching Chinese

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country
Canada
people per rank
4
rank spacing [inches]
40
march speed
Slow March
Quick March
Double March
In 1910, Ripley's Believe It or Not claimed, "If all the Chinese in the world were to march four abreast past a given point they would never finish passing, though they marched forever and ever." Try for yourself to see if this is true, adjusting country, rank size and spacing, and marching speed.