Huade County 化德县
—  County  —
Huade Location in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 41°54′N 114°01′E / 41.9°N 114.017°E / 41.9; 114.017Coordinates: 41°54′N 114°01′E / 41.9°N 114.017°E / 41.9; 114.017
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city	Ulaan Chab
Elevation	1,464 m (4,803 ft)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code

Huade County (simplified Chinese: 化德县; traditional Chinese: 化德縣; pinyin: Huàdé Xiàn) is a county of central Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the southeast, Xilin Gol League to the northeast, and Shangdu County to the west. It is under the administration of Ulaan Chab city.

References[link]

• www.xzqh.org (Chinese)

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Lin Yü-chih (林煜智; pinyin: Lín Yùzhì; b. ca. 1972)^photo is the former shortest man in the world according to Guinness World Records. He resides in Taipei, Taiwan, where he works as an author and social activist. His name has sometimes been misspelled as Lin Yih-chih. In May 2008 he appeared in the British Channel 4 documentary called "The World's Smallest Man and Me" hosted by Mark Dolan.

Disability[link]

Lin suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic bone disorder that hinders normal growth of bone and bodily height. According to the Guinness Book of World Records he is 67.5 cm (2 ft 2.58 in) tall.^[1][2] He is the founder of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Association.^[3]

Other claimants[link]

Others have also claimed the 'Shortest Man' title. He Pingping, from China, measured 73 cm (2 ft 4.74 in) high and in 2007 was crowned as the world's shortest man who could walk. In 2006, Guinness World Records disallowed an application from a then fourteen year old Nepalese boy, Khagendra Thapa Magar, who has since turned 18 and taken the title of 'World's Shortest Man'.^[4]

See also[link]

• List of shortest people
• He Pingping
• Younis Edwan
• Edward Nino Hernandez

References[link]

External links[link]

• Article fromTaipei Times, August 23, 2005

He Pingping
Born	(1988-07-13)July 13, 1988 Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, China
Died	March 13, 2010(2010-03-13) (aged 21) Rome, Italy
Cause of death	Heart Infection
Nationality	Chinese
Known for	Being the world's shortest man only 47cm

He Pingping (Chinese: 何平平; pinyin: Hé Píngpíng; July 13, 1988 – March 13, 2010^[1]) was a Chinese citizen and, according to the Guinness World Records, the world's shortest man who was able to walk.^[2][3]

Early and personal life[link]

He measured 74 cm (2 ft 5 in) tall,^[4] and was the third child of a family in Huade county, in the city of Ulanqab in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He had two sisters, both of whom developed at normal rates. According to his father, He Yun, at birth He was small enough to fit in the palm of his parents' hands. When it became apparent the child was growing very slowly, doctors diagnosed the cause as the bone deformity osteogenesis imperfecta, which hinders normal bone growth and body height. He was a chain smoker.^[5]

Recognition of size[link]

In January 2007, He was invited to take part on a television program in Tokyo, Japan. His home of Inner Mongolia is also home to Bao Xishun, who at 2.36 meters tall was recognized by Guinness as the world's tallest man until September 2009.^[6] Their televised meeting in July 2007 attracted global media attention.^[7][8][9] In May 2008 he appeared in the British Channel 4 documentary called The World's Smallest Man and Me hosted by Mark Dolan. In the episode He and his family spent time with Mark who stayed over to celebrate Chinese New Year.^[10] In September 2008 he appeared with the world's longest-legged woman, Svetlana Pankratova, in London's Trafalgar Square, to publicize the release of the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.^[3]

In 2006 Guinness World Records disallowed an application from a then fourteen-year-old Nepalese boy, Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measures 53 cm but reviewed the case once he reached 18 years of age in October 2010, when he was measured at 67 cm. A Jordanian man who claims to be the world's shortest man, Younis Edwan, has not been officially measured by Guinness.

Following his January 2007 appearance on television, He's status as the world's shortest walking man was verified by Guinness World Records.^[2] His height was measured three times over the course of 10 hours before he received a certificate officially naming him as the world’s shortest walking man.^[2]

In September 2008, he traveled to New York City to help launch the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records, which certified him as the world's smallest walking man.^[2]

On April 25, 2010, He was featured in the tenth episode of the 16th cycle of the American reality show, The Amazing Race, filmed earlier in Shanghai. The episode was dedicated in his memory.

Death[link]

He was admitted to a hospital on 3 March 2010 in Rome, after complaining of chest pains. He had been filming Lo show dei record.^[11] He died on March 13, 2010, at the age of twenty-one of heart complications.^[12] The Guinness World Records editor-in-chief, Craig Glenday, said that he was "an inspiration to anyone considered different or unusual."^[11]

See also[link]

• List of shortest people
• Edward Nino Hernandez

References[link]