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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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Visit Badaling Great Wall by train starting in August

 

Starting in August, Beijing will open train service to the Badaling Great Wall in suburban Beijing, Xinhua news agency reported Thursday.

The Line S2, the first ever high-speed railway built in suburban Beijing, departs from Beijing North Station for northwestern Yanqiing County, passing by two sections of the Great Wall -- Juyongguan and Badaling.

Running on the railway will be diesel motor train units with big sightseeing windows and rotatable seats.

Line S2 is scheduled to start operation on August 1.

(CRI July 14, 2008)

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