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The Great Wall of China

August 2016

  • Zhang Yimou and Matt Damon

    Zhang Yimou defends controversial casting of Matt Damon in The Great Wall

    Director rejects accusations of whitewashing, claiming the fantasy adventure is ‘deeply rooted in Chinese culture’

March 2014

  • Graffiti on the Great Wall of China has been a problem for authorities for some time

    Great Wall of China to establish graffiti area for tourists

    Authorities in China to allow tourists to graffiti on a specific section of the wall, in the hope of reducing its spread

April 2009

  • Great Wall of China

    Great Wall of China longer than believed as 180 missing miles found

    Using infrared range finders and GPS devices, official mapping project discovers sections concealed by hills and rivers

August 2007

  • Sandstorms sweep away parts of China's Great Wall

    The Great Wall of China, built to withstand raiding hordes from the steppes, is now in peril from a far more insidious threat: sandstorms generated by desertification in the country's north-west.

July 2007

  • It's official: these are the seven wonders of the modern world

    Millions of online votes were cast, but intense lobbying may have skewed the ballot towards the East.

June 2007

  • Toll dodgers tear road through Great Wall

    Authorities have launched inquiry into the destruction of a 400-year-old section of the world heritage site after a mining company knocked down part of the Great Wall so its trucks could deliver coal more efficiently.

March 2007

  • Seven alternative wonders of the world

    From Stonehenge to the Great Wall of China this week’s seven alternative wonders are all stunning feats of human achievement often set in some of the most remote parts of the world. Use the arrows to the right to navigate the photographs

September 2006

  • New bricks in the Wall

    The Commune started as a showcase for modern architecture on the Great Wall and evolved into one of Asia's most exciting, and affordable, design hotels.

February 2006

  • Buy a brick scheme to foil Great Wall scrawl

    For the past four decades, heritage officials have failed to prevent graffiti artists from leaving more of a mark on the Great Wall of China than the Mongolian hordes achieved in centuries of attacks. So it was with a mix of resignation and desperation that they announced yesterday a money-spinning alternative.

September 2005

  • Grand designs on the Great Wall

    Lucy Siegle discovers that China's most avant-garde hotel is looking a little frayed around the edges.

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