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New deal for commercial flights over the Great Wall
Sightseers can rise above the crowds and get a bird's eye view of the Badaling section by taking a spin with Capital Helicopter on a single-engine, six-seat AS350B3 Squirrel helicopter. Tours start at Badaling Airport and last about 15 minutes...
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Great Wall forests scorched in blaze
Police are investigating after a blaze close to the iconic Great Wall destroyed 33 hectares of forest and fruit plantations...
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Qinghai finds Great Wall remains
Archaeologists found in Qinghai Province new Great Wall relics, including the wall's body, beacon towers, so on in the recently-finished Great Wall Resource Examination...
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Great Wall, Hutong listed in the must-see places in the world
On March 8, Reuters listed 25 places in the world to see before they change forever, where the "Real" Great Wall of China and Beijing's Hutong Communities are on the list...
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Construction near Great Wall stopped
The Changping Cultural Committee intervened Wednesday to halt prohibited construction two meters from the Great Wall.
"There was a building, but they are only doing renovation," said Zhang Fusheng, head of the committee's Cultural Heritage Protection office. "There was no damage to the foundation of the Great Wall."
The building, which occupies nearly 1,000 square meters, had been under construction near the Shangguancheng section (between Juyongguan and Badaling) for over one month, the Legal Mirror reported.
No protection had been used to separate this section of the Great Wall from the construction site, according to the paper. "We suspended construction because they didn't file an application," Zhang said. "We'll investigate further if the makeover can continue." Construction won't resume until approval is granted, he added.
The building belongs to the Ming Tombs Tree Farm. "We don't have construction plans this year," a staff member surnamed Xu told the Global Times, adding she was unsure about renovation plans.
A worker at the construction site told the Legal Mirror that the project included a 3,000 square-meter tourism plot reserved for two buildings.
A city resident surnamed Ma reported the building on the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage's website on April 19.
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