101. The Late Great Wall.
- Author
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Liu, Melinda, Mooney, Paul, and Shih, June
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GREAT Wall of China (China) , *WALLS , *HISTORIC sites , *HISTORIC preservation , *FORTIFICATION - Abstract
Focuses on the Great Wall of China, and the threats that nature and economics pose to its existence. Issue of cultural preservation as the 2008 Beijing, China Olympics approach; Details on reconstruction efforts, including on the Old Dragon's Head, the wall's eastern terminus; Threats of tourism and indifference to the wall; Details on the western tip of the wall, in Inner Mongolia, which has been sucked into the ground by the Gobi desert; Efforts of British preservationist William Lindesay to save the wall.
- Published
- 2002