Nine of the world's 14 independent 8,000-metre peaks have summits inside China or on a Chinese border, more than any other country. Yet only one of them, 8,027 m Shishapangma, lies entirely within China; the other eight straddle a watershed shared with Nepal or Pakistan. The tenth entry, Gyachung Kang, misses the 8,000 m mark by just 48 metres, which is exactly why it holds the title of the highest mountain on Earth that is not an eight-thousander.