Jottings from the Granite Studio

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Sunday tea: No More Raves at the Great Wall…Jacques Chirac: Sinophile…Tombs and Tourism

October 29th, 2006 · 3 Comments

There are a lot of myths about the Great Wall that need to go away. First of all: you can’t see it from the moon. Second: While portions of the wall have been constructed and linked and rebuilt in stages since before the Qin dynasty, the Great Wall that most people see today [...]

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