And just maybe for the defense of their culture? A country has the right to do that when their country is being invaded by a foreign nation, just like America is.
Ronnie said that it was built to keep
immigrants out of china. His actual words were
China actually built a huge wall to keep immigrants out...
My point is yours, it was built for defence, not to keep immigrants out but to keep raiders out.
Here's one of many links to explain the real reason why they built it
The Chinese built walls along their borders as early as the 600's B.C. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, walls were built between Chinese regions which were fighting with each other. Walls were also built to protect China from outside invaders.
Emperor Shi Huangdi of the Qin dynasty (221 - 206 B.C.) is regarded as the first ruler to think of the idea of the Great Wall. He thought of connecting existing, older walls with sections of new wall. The building of the Great Wall continued into the Han and Sui dynasties.
Emperor Shi Huangdi ordered the building of the Great Wall to keep the enemy (the Mongols) from attacking his empire