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Cities Combine To Protect Ancient Road

AUTHORITIES in western China will apply for World Cultural Heritage listing for a 3,000-year-old road. The application would be sent to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage jointly by 11 cities in Sichuan... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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