Although it is a little out off topic with China, here is (in comparison with Chinese giants), a few other famous and very tall persons around the world :
Leonid Stadnyk :
Leonid Stadnyk, born in 1971 in Podoliantsy Ukraine, appears in the Guinness Book of Records 2008 as the probable tallest living man in the world with a height of 2.57 m. Leonid began to grow dramatically in the age of 14 after a brain surgery, which would have stimulated the production of a growth hormone. He lives with his mother in his native village in Ukraine.
Leonid Stadnyck has stop growing since 2005. It is also said that he has the longuest legs and the largest hands of all.
Although this is not yet confirmed (he refuses to have his height measured by the Guiness book), otherwise he would replace Bao Xishun, a native of Inner Mongolia, which measures 2.36 meters and hold the Guinness record so far. (Wiki)
Robert Pershing Wadlow
Robert Pershing Wadlow (born on 22 February 1918 in Alton, Illinois, died on 15 July 1940) is an American who holds the official record of the tallest man ever. Wadlow reached the height of 2.72 m for a weight of 222 kg before his death at the age of 22.
His large size was attributed to a tumor in the pituitary gland. He was still growing when he died as a result of an infection caused by a brace poorly positioned. (Wiki)
Fedor Machnov
Fedor Machnov (1881-1905), a Russian in the time of the Tsars, 2.38 meters (himself claimed to be 2.88 m).
Fedor Machnov and his wonder boots
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