Great fall of China: section of wall collapses

By Nargiza Ryskulova

3:41PM BST 08 Aug 2012

Workmen digging up a square in Zhangjiakou city, Heibei province, near the wall have been blamed for triggering the collapse of 100 ft of Great Wall.

“There is an investigation into the causes of the collapse. A number of things may have contributed, including the building work," said a city official.

City officials said that “conservation and a rebuilding plan is already underway.”

The Great Wall of China, listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1987, was initially built in seventh century BC to keep invaders out of the Chinese Empire.


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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9461992/Great-fall-of-China-section-of-wall-collapses.html

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2185408/The-Great-Wall-China-Bungling-workmen-trigger-collapse-100ft-section-historic-fortifications.html