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Obama weighs in on the Great WallBy Andrew Higgins BEIJING -- President Obama trekked to the Great Wall on Wednesday and ran the gantlet that torments all U.S. presidents when they visit China: what does the world's most powerful man say about one of mankind's most... In this article: Barack Obama, Great Wall of China, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Beijing, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Mao Zedong, and China |
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Washington Times | 4 days ago
Obama visits China's Great Wall
BEIJING, CHINA - President Obama was headed for Korea this morning after breaking briefly from a heavy diplomatic schedule to see the Great Wall of China. Mr. Obama spent about a half an hour touring the Badaling section of the wall,...
In this article: Barack Obama, Korea, White House, Beijing, Climate change, Hu Jintao, China, and Asia
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Huffington Post | 4 days ago
Obama Tours China's Great Wall
BEIJING - President Barack Obama absorbed history's expanse Wednesday from atop the Great Wall of China, a manmade wonder of such enormity that Obama found himself putting daily life in perspective. "It's magical," Obama said, walking down...
In this article: Barack Obama, China, Asia, South Korea, Richard Nixon, Lee Myung-bak, United States, and White House
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ABC News | 4 days ago
PUNCH: Obama Visits Great Wall: 'It Gives You a Perspective'
Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper Obama at Great Wall: It Gives You a Perspective At his last stop in China, President Obama braved a bone chilling wind to climb three steep segmnts of...
In this article: Barack Obama, Recession, Waste, Medicare, Fiscal year, Tax, Unemployment, and Osan Air Base
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Miami Herald - Politics | 4 days ago
Obama visits Great Wall on final day of China trip
...relationship." A Great Wall: Obama tours China's iconic site President Barack Obama absorbed history's expanse Wednesday from atop the Great Wall of China, a manmade wonder of such enormity that Obama found himself putting daily life in...
In this article: Barack Obama, China, U.S., Wen Jiabao, Global warming, Asia, Beijing, and South Korea
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Financial Times | 4 days ago
Obama in Nixon's footsteps at Great Wall
Published: November 18 2009 11:00 | Last updated: November 18 2009 11:00 Barack Obama on Wednesday made an obligatory stop at the Great Wall of China at the close of a three-day visit in which he also bumped against the "great firewall"...
In this article: Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, China, US, White House, Wen Jiabao, Anxiety, and Shanghai
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 4 days ago
Barack Obama visits Great Wall of China
Barack Obama has wrapped up his first visit to China with a private tour of the Great Wall, the US president saying he had gained some perspective from seeing the "spectacular" ancient structure. Published: 10:22AM GMT 18 Nov 2009 The...
In this article: Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, China, US, Wen Jiabao, EPA, and Forbidden City
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Obama confronts history on Great Wall of China
BADALING, China (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama took a walk alone on the Great Wall on Wednesday, wrapping up a visit to China with a visit to the ancient fortifications that symbolize the country's history and separateness. "It's...
In this article: Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, China, U.S., Asia, and South Korea
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Yahoo! News | 4 days ago
Obama confronts history on Great Wall of China (Reuters)
By Patricia Zengerle Patricia Zengerle - 23 mins ago BADALING, China (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama took a walk alone on the Great Wall on Wednesday, wrapping up a visit to China with a visit to the ancient fortifications that...
In this article: Barack Obama, Richard Nixon, China, U.S., Asia, and South Korea
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BBC News | November 11, 2009
Miners 'damage' Great Wall of China
Parts of the Great Wall near Beijing have been restored A gold mining firm is being investigated after part of one of the oldest sections of the Great Wall of China was damaged during prospecting. About 100 metres of the wall was badly...
In this article: Inner Mongolia, Beijing, China, and Associated Press
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AP Online | November 11, 2009
China mining co. accused of damaging Great Wall
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese gold mining company is being investigated for causing serious damage to one of the oldest sections of the Great Wall of China. Hohhot Kekao Mining Co. is suspected of destroying about 330 feet (100 meters) of the...
In this article: Beijing, Inner Mongolia, China, Barack Obama, and Bohai Gulf
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The Great Wall of China () or () is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from Xiongnu attacks during various successive dynasties. Since the 5th century BC, several walls have been built that were referred to as the Great Wall. One of the most famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains; it lay farther north than the current wall, which was built during the Ming Dynasty.
The Great Wall stretches over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles) from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia, but stretches to over 6,700 km (4,160 miles) in total; a more recent archaeological survey using advanced technologies points out that the entire Great Wall, with all of its branches, stretches for 8851.8 km. At its peak, the Ming Wall was guarded by more than one million men. It has been estimated that somewhere in the range of 2 to 3 million Chinese died as part of the centuries-long project of building the wall.
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