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Great rubble of China

Most of the Great Wall of China is in danger of collapse, 30 per cent is in ruins and only 20 per cent of its 6300 kilometres is in decent shape, according to Dong Yaohui of the Great Wall of China Society. Dong walked the length of the wall, and told China Daily that some villagers are using bricks from the wall to build pigsties or are digging out coal from under it.

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