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Where is The Great Wall of China Located?

The many different sections of the Great Wall of China stretches across great swaths of Northern China, as far North as modern day Russia, as far east as modern day Pyongyang (the capital of North Korea), and as far west as Xinjiang province in modern day... ...full story at The China Expat

from The China Expat on Thu, Jul 10 2008

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02 Nov 09		Far from madding crowd on Great Wall » Shanghai Daily REMOTE sections of the Great Wall of China will open to tourists in northeastern Liaoning Province with a road-building program across mountains. Yong'an section of the Great Wall in Suizhong County was built...
22 Apr 09		Great Wall of China even greater! » Shanghaiist You know what's longer than the Great Wall of China? Apparently, the Great Wall of China! According to the BBC, two-year government study has now found that China's symbol of "Get out! Intruders!" actually stretches a good 3,800km more than previously...
10 Jul 08		Can You See The Great Wall of China From The Moon? » The China Expat (original photo by Exfordy per this license) Of course you can see the Great Wall of China from the moon! While North America, the continent, is hard to make out from such a far distance, the Great Wall sticks out like a human hair viewed from 2000...
22 Sep 09		Newly found ruins add length to Great Wall » Shanghai Daily ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a section of ruins of the Great Wall built during the Qin (221-206 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties in northeast China's Jilin Province that proves the defensive wall stretches...
10 Aug 09		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,...

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