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New forests fend off desert encroachment at Great Wall

Northwest China's Shaanxi Province has been successful in fending off desert encroachment with afforestation near the ruins of the Great Wall...

February 17, 2010
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700-km-long Great Wall found in NW China

More than 700 km of ancient Great Wall has been discovered in Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, as a result of the third national survey on cultural relics started in April, 2007...

February 09, 2010
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Parts of Great Wall still to be found

The oldest sections of the Great Wall in the Beijing area - parts built around 1,500 years ago - should be getting more attention...

  January 29, 2010
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Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum opens to public for free

 

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The ancient cannons are exhibited at the Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum in Qinhuangdao of north China's Hebei Province, July 20, 2009. The Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum opened to public for free on Wednesday after the reconstruction which costed over 40 million yuan (about 5.8 million U.S. dollars). The museum, regarded as the "Great Wall encyclopedia", elaborates the Great Wall about its history, construction and culture by presenting the cultural relics, sculptures, pictures and models. [Li Yong/Xinhua]

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A visitor takes photos at the Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum in Qinhuangdao of north China's Hebei Province, July 29, 2009.[Yang Shiyao/Xinhua]

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Stones of the Guyang Great Wall during the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) are exhibited at the Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum in Qinhuangdao of north China's Hebei Province, July 20, 2009. [Li Yong/Xinhua]

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The bricks with manufacture dates are exhibited at the Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum in Qinhuangdao of north China's Hebei Province, July 20, 2009. [Li Yong/Xinhua]

(Xinhua News Agency July 30, 2009)

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