Just north of Beijing, you'll find one of the most famous monuments in the world: the Great Wall of China. Although it's unlikely you'll see the whole thing, you should aim to experience a portion ...

“This area is forested with crown pines and also full of fruit trees on ... experiences traveling to various Great Wall sites. “The Great Wall of China,” In Our Time: BBC radio host Melvyn ...

The project has been dubbed China's "solar great wall," with vast fields of photovoltaic panels now stretching across the dunes. Expected to be completed by 2030, the project will span 250 miles ...

Where are all the people?” a friend asks upon seeing my photos from a recent trip to China, where I hiked on the Great Wall ...

The construction is part of the country’s multiyear plan to build a ‘wall’ designed to generate ... the greening of deserts in other parts of China in recent years. As of June 2024, China ...

Here’s what I learnt. The Great Wall stretches along China’s northern border, from Hebei Province to Gansu Province. Work started around 700BC, with the whole wall connected five centuries ...

Throughout history, China has reshaped its geography to meet its growing needs. And now, it is undertaking what may be the largest infrastructure project ever, the South-North Water Transfer Project.

In 221 BC, the armies of Qin conquered the abovementioned six kingdoms and unified China. Qin Shi Huang ordered the demolition of the walls separating these kingdoms and rebuilt a new "Great Wall ...

Ordinarily I might have paused to catch my breath, but hiking up to the Great Wall of China is never an ordinary affair. Its silhouetted battlements running along the skyline spur me on.

He Jinyue, a full-time Great Wall protector, patrols the part of the Jiankou Great Wall restored in 2021 on Dec 1, 2023. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] The Beijing sections of the Great Wall ...