It is now official: The Great Wall has been chosen as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World in an unprecedented global vote that drew nearly 100 million internet and telephone voters. In fact it received the most votes among the 21 finalist sites (not... ...full story at Shanghaiist
from Shanghaiist on Mon, Jul 09 2007
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Documentary of the Great Wall of China 1 »
YouTube video A great site about the Great Wall of China:
This site has a great history, fact sheet, photo gallery and trivia.
This full length documentary explores the wonders of the Great Wall of China exploring its history with many facts and secrets along the... |
| 31 May 07 |
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Voters told to get behind Great Wall » Shanghai Daily THE Academy of the Great Wall of China has launched a last-minute campaign to encourage people to vote the wall as one of the "New Seven Wonders of the World" after it was revealed it had fallen out of the top seven just over a month before public voting... |
| 08 Jul 07 |
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Great Wall of China among new seven world wonders » People's Daily The Great Wall of China was named as one of the new seven wonders of the world on Saturday in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, Peru's Machu Picchu, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid, Jordan's Petra, the ... |
| 12 Jan 09 |
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Stuff Laowai Like 3 - Great Wall (Simatai) » Modern Lei Feng Which one is Badaling and which is Simatai?*After a long hiatus, we're back on the laowai watching track, and what better to talk about than the Great Wall? The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world, it is an absolutely amazing place to see that... |
| 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,... |
| 29 May 07 |
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Will the Great Wall be one of the New Seven Wonders of the World? » Shanghaiist 2200 years is a long time to get around renewing anything, but we say better late than never. Forget the seven wonders of the ancient world, it's time, in the 21st century, to let the people of the 42nd century know what we consider to be the seven... |
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