Talk:Grand Canal (China)

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Is the Suzhou section covered in this article?

If so, I cannot find it.

See http://www.chinatourguide.com/suzhou/grand_canal.html

And Suzhou, Pingjiang Road and Shantang Street

Peter K Burian (talk) 17:40, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bahr Yussef in Egypt an older canal than the Grand Canal of China?

There is a canal now called "Bahr Yussef" in Egypt that was dug out and extended during the reign of Amenemhat III, before 1800 BCE, to supply fresh water from the Nile river to lake Moeris in the Fayyum oasis. Coincidentally, its Egyptian name, Mer-Wer, also translates to "Grand Canal". Although no longer maintained, parts of Bahr Yussef near the Nile still carry water. Does the claim in this article that the Grand Canal (of China) is the world's oldest canal need to be moderated? 107.242.121.8 (talk) 23:21, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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– Clear primary topic, all entries on the first page of a Google search would show you the Grand Canal in China. Lolitart (talk) 06:20, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's clear at all that the Grand Canal in China is the primary topic. A regular Google Search showed mainly entries for the Canal in China, but also one for the Canal in Ireland and one for the Grand Canal in Venice, and Google Images mainly showed me pics of the Grand Canal in Venice. I don't see any reason to treat the Grand Canal in China like the default Grand Canal. Erinius (talk) 12:29, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't find those statements particularly convincing, rather they confirmed my position on this, of course it will show you other canals if you click next page enough times, but an undoubtedly overwhelming majority of them are about this Grand Canal specifically, that's why we say primary topic, not only topic. Lolitart (talk) 12:43, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that your (Lolitart) statement needs to be convincing, and at this point, it's just anecdotal. Gonnym (talk) 16:27, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Google search is not anecdotal. Lolitart (talk) 16:41, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move of associated disambiguation page. Also, DuckDuckGo search (news) for reference. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 16:31, 16 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]