Great Wall of China found to be longer, more fragile

William Atkins
Sunday, 17 May 2009 19:42

Science - Climate

More information about this newly discovered length of the Great Wall of China is found in the April 20, 2009 Guardian.co.uk article “Great Wall of China longer than believed as 180 missing miles found.”

Read more about the history of the Great Wall of China (from the perspective of the Chinese) at TravelChinaGuide.com's article "History of Great Wall" and the Greatwall-of-China.com's article "Welcome to the Great Wall Web Site."

The latter Web site states, "Besides culture, policies and economy, another essential part that can't be divided from the Great Wall, which is the history of China. The Great Wall, whose building started more than 2,000 years ago, represents a main part of Chinese history, which has a profound influence on China today."

"So to speak, the Great Wall, in a sense, is history. And you will see that this tendency is reflected in our content. We generally talk about the Great Wall with dynasties who built it, along with events and social aspects of those dynasties, which may branch out as far as to other topics. In this manner of narration, It can be a little loose and sightly off the point, but we think it interesting, and it makes sense to put the Great Wall into the Chinese history."

Also, check out TheGreatWall.com Web site.

To learn more about How the Great Wall of China Works, check out the HowStuffWorks.com Web site.