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The Beijing Great Wheel: Expanding Tourism In China

More than 2,200 years ago, Chinese ancestors built one of the greatest monuments in the history of mankind: the Great Wall of China. Now, centuries later, Beijing is attempting to build something equally monumental: the Great Wheel of China. The Beijing... ...full story at Zhonghuarising

from Zhonghuarising on Tue, Nov 06 2007

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