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The Great Wall actually much longer

From the AFP: The most comprehensive and technologically advanced survey of China's Great Wall has discovered the ancient monument is much longer than previously estimated, state media reported Monday. However the project has also shown the World... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Mon, Apr 20 2009

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