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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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Visit Badaling Great Wall by train starting in August

 

Starting in August, Beijing will open train service to the Badaling Great Wall in suburban Beijing, Xinhua news agency reported Thursday.

The Line S2, the first ever high-speed railway built in suburban Beijing, departs from Beijing North Station for northwestern Yanqiing County, passing by two sections of the Great Wall -- Juyongguan and Badaling.

Running on the railway will be diesel motor train units with big sightseeing windows and rotatable seats.

Line S2 is scheduled to start operation on August 1.

(CRI July 14, 2008)

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