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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
and here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2185408/The-Great-Wall-China-Bungling-workmen-trigger-collapse-100ft-section-historic-fortifications.html
xchrom
(108,903 posts)MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)tclambert
(11,080 posts)Maybe they can real quick put up some Bremer walls, like we did all over Baghdad. I think the Chinese manufactured those pre-fab wall sections anyway.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Kinda sucks for the tourists, though.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Hell, they still flock to see bits and pieces of the Berlin wall, and a lot of people went just to see it when it was there.
Electrify the new section and put in a moat with live sharks that have lasers on their heads. It'll be awesome!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)But where do we put the laser cats?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/15/spielberg-directs-laser-cats-snl-andy-samberg_n_1426696.html
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)They might not have noticed yet..
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)Somebody's in biiiiiiiiiiiig trouble.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)accidentally destroyed historical antiquity, so they sent me home early. Duh.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)I'm just sayin...
kayakjohnny
(5,235 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Wal Mart.
valerief
(53,235 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Bodies of the workers were entombed in that wall.. I wonder if they will find any old bones.. I guess we will have to wait and see.
EDITED to note: If they need tools for repair...there is always this place here in SF:
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)So, they'll need someplace to eat...
Rhiannon12866
(203,010 posts)The Wall is such a marvel, hope they can get it repaired... Wow.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)PB
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Franker65
(299 posts)Looking at the initial photos above, at least it wasn't the section curving down vertically from the mountain. I guess it should be easy to rebuild.