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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...

July 06, 2011
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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...

  May 05, 2011
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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...

March 22, 2011
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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...

March 14, 2011
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Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum opens to public for free

 

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The ancient cannons are exhibited at the Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum in Qinhuangdao of north China's Hebei Province, July 20, 2009. The Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum opened to public for free on Wednesday after the reconstruction which costed over 40 million yuan (about 5.8 million U.S. dollars). The museum, regarded as the "Great Wall encyclopedia", elaborates the Great Wall about its history, construction and culture by presenting the cultural relics, sculptures, pictures and models. [Li Yong/Xinhua]

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A visitor takes photos at the Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum in Qinhuangdao of north China's Hebei Province, July 29, 2009.[Yang Shiyao/Xinhua]

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Stones of the Guyang Great Wall during the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) are exhibited at the Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum in Qinhuangdao of north China's Hebei Province, July 20, 2009. [Li Yong/Xinhua]

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The bricks with manufacture dates are exhibited at the Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum in Qinhuangdao of north China's Hebei Province, July 20, 2009. [Li Yong/Xinhua]

(Xinhua News Agency July 30, 2009)

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