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BEIJING, August 1 -- The 5th China Shanhaiguan International Great Wall Festival ended at the east end of Great Wall in Qinhuangdao in north China's Heibei Province on Friday, attracting thousands of scholars and tourists. With the theme of "Peace, Friendship, Development", the 3-day festival was co-organized by the Hebei provincial government, State Administration of Cultural Heritage and China Great Wall Institute. A variety of activities were held during the festival, including the opening ceremony "Singing at the Great Wall" and a business conference to discuss the future development of Shanhaiguan region. Insurance and medical costs If you are heading to China then make sure you have reputable travel insurance as medical costs and repatriation can be very high! Grease Star To Walk Great Wall for Charity The star lived through breast cancer in the 1990s. She is donating her proceeds to a cancer research facility in Melbourne, Australia, her hometown. Newton-John scored seven Top 10 country hits in the 1970s and was named the CMA female vocalist of the year in 1974
The Great Wall of China is one of the world's true wonders. Measuring over 1500 miles long the wall is not continuous but is made up of short sections over the hills and valleys close to the Mongolian plains. The modern wall's beginnings date back to the Ming Dynasty 1388 to 1644 CE. At regular intervals along the walls watch towers were established. Despite many rumours you cannot see the Great Wall from the moon. Latest news from the Great Wall of China in China!China to survey Great Wall BEIJING, Jan 08 (Xinhua) -- The State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) is organizing a large-scale investigation into the length of the Great Wall, said a cultural heritage official on Monday. "The thorough investigation will be completed in two or three years. We will use remote sensing, aviation and information technology. Scientific analysis allows us to grasp the current condition of the Great Wall and update the current regulations on its protection," Tong Mingkang, vice director of the SACH, said at www.gov.cn, the government portal website, on Monday morning, answering netizens' questions on-line. Tong said SACH is in charge of the investigation and the provincial governments along the Great Wall will be responsible for carrying it out.
It's official, the Great Wall of China cannot be seen from space. According to Chinese astronauts anyway. More human destruction threatens the Great Wall Old age is hitting the Great Wall bad these days. If its not tourists attacking the wall and stealing parts for treasure then it is locals stealing parts of the wall for building materials. The Great Wall not only has to deal with humans but also from years of bad weather, wind and ravaging rain. There has been reports in the mmedia that about 1/3 of the 100 mile stretch in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Region, also known to many as China's Museum of the Great Wall, has disappeared. This section of the wall dates back to the Warring States Period (that is 475-221 BC) and the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). There is a big effort being made now to keep and eye on the wall and to stop local residents taking away the clay stones. Skateboarder clears the Great WallNovember In a sponsored event the skateboarder Danny Way steamed down a massive ramp at 50 mph and lept across the Great Wall of China becoming the first unmotorised person to clear the wall. Danny Way, 31, from Encinitas, California botched is landing on the first attempt to clear the Great Wall but on his second attempt he made the jump and a successful landing. A crowd of serveral thousand turned up to witness the event. The biggest threat to the Great Wall?> 10 November 2006 Tourists with knives are fast becoming the great threat to the GreatWall. It has been a trend for years to carve one's name into the wall in the name of graffiti. Taking a knife to this World Heritage site should not be acceptable. You do not see (modern day) graffiti on other World Heritage sites such as StoneHenge in England. Deputy Chairman of the Great Wall Association, Mr Dong Yaohui is clearly upset about the latest attacks from tourists and the fact that barely a stone has escaped the graffiti. Dong Yaohui went on to say that he felt terribly ashamed of his fellow Chinese who had carved on the bricks with knives. There has even been reports of tourists with paint brushes ruining sections of the wall with mindless graffiti.In Beijing, the municipal government in August 2003 introduced a local law to help protect the wall. The law states that all local government bodies along the Great Wall, as well as all tourists, are obliged to look after the wall for the generations of visitors to come. Why walk the Great Wall when you can catch the cable car?> 29th October 2006 I guess things have to move on and progress but a cable car at the Great Wall? Really? They'll be building a Starbucks soon (see below)! So now you can simply take your air conditioned coach all the way from Beijing to the Great Wall and be escorted straight to your cable car for your Great Wall 'walking' experience. It may take you a while to hunt down your 'I've walked the Great Wall' t-shirt (particularly if you want one that fits) but now your feet can rest in the knowledge that the only exertion will be running away from the touts. The Great Wall kept out whole civilisations - but can't stop corporate America
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