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The Wall, unplugged

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Considering that it was constructed for the purpose of keeping foreigners out of China, it’s ironic that the Great Wall has become China’s number one attraction for visitors from abroad.
If you’ve only done the chairlift at Badaling, however, you can hardly count yourself as a Wall veteran. Indeed, speak to any tourist visiting Beijing, and […]

An epic field survey aided by a range of high-tech devices will be carried out along China’s 6,300-kilometer-long Great Wall, China Daily reports on Wednesday.
A group of heritage guardians will use laser range finders, global positioning system (GPS) devices and digital cameras to make detailed records, brick by brick, of the mammoth structure.
The field survey […]

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The Wall of the Zhao State

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The Zhao State established Handan as its capital, also the present city Handan of Hebei Province. Zhao neighbored the Wei State on the west, the Yellow River and Zhanghe River on the south, the Qi State on the east separated by the Qinghe River, and the Yan State on the north separated by the Yi’shui […]