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Xi'an injects further funds to preserve residential heritage

Many old houses, like the one 83-year-old Jia Yufan has lived in all his life, will be repaired under a plan to preserve this ancient city's residential heritage. The local government of the Shaanxi provincial capital will spend an extra ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Fri, Jan 18 2008

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