Beijing, Miyun County, scene of a battle on September 26, 1550 David Spindler is a self-motivated and self-funded scholar of the Great Wall, who has probably walked and climbed on more parts of the Wall around Beijing than any other living person. His... ...full story at Danwei
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| 14 Jan 09 |
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Walking the Huangyaguan Great Wall in Tianjin »
YouTube video Huangyaguan Great Wall, located in Jixian County, Tianjian, is 150 km away from Beijing. It is one of popular sections of trekking on the wall in China. The Eight Diagram Fortress used to be a strategic pass in ancient times when defending the Han people. |
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David Spindler and the Great Wall » Shanghai Journal This week, tens of thousands of people will be reading Peter Hessler's New Yorker article on David Spindler and his Great Wall project. Here I offer a brief testament in support of David's work. David and Andrew in a tower on the Chenjiabao... |
| 10 Aug 09 |
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Camping on the Wall goes on despite outcry » People's Daily &$ &$Campers on the Great Wall. (Global Times Photo) &$&$ Camping overnight on the Great Wall does not harm preservation of the wall and is not illegal, according to a managing official of the Jinshanling Great Wall in Luanping county, Hebei Province,... |
| 02 Nov 09 |
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Far from madding crowd on Great Wall » Shanghai Daily REMOTE sections of the Great Wall of China will open to tourists in northeastern Liaoning Province with a road-building program across mountains. Yong'an section of the Great Wall in Suizhong County was built... |
| 02 Sep 08 |
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The Great Wall…highway? » Granite Studio While David Spindler is fond of correcting the myth that the Great Wall was an elevated highway for guards and soldiers, the Modern Mechanix blog reprints a 1931 article about plans by the KMT government to build a 1500-mile long elevated roadway a to... |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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All aboard: Great Wall gets express rail service » Shanghai Daily BEIJING yesterday unveiled the "Great Wall Express," a sleek new train service that will whisk visitors to the foot of the World Heritage Site in Olympic record time. The Great Wall winds across more than 6,400... |
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