THE famous earthen homes in Fujian Province have been added to the United Nation's World Heritage list over the weekend, Xinhuanet.com reported today. Known as tulou in Chinese, the homes were accepted by the... ...full story at Shanghai Daily
from Shanghai Daily on Mon, Jul 07 2008
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