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Project to preserve the Great Wall launched

AN extensive preservation project for the Great Wall has been launched by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. "A survey of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Great Wall is in full swing, and repair has started for... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Sun, May 11 2008

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