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No one is a hero, a renowned Chinese leader once said, until he steps onto the Great Wall.

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• Great Wall Better to Be Left as It Is
China's Great Wall Society has collected over 6,000 ideas on how to fix the blemishes on the wall but has decided to leave the wall as it is, the Beijing Times reported Thursday.

• High-tech Survey of Great Wall
China will embark on a high-tech field survey of the Great Wall as part of an ambitious plan to protect the mammoth millennium-old structure from further damage, Xinhua said.

The Great Wall of China

v The Great Wall of 10,000
The Great Wall of China, also known in China as the Great Wall of 10,000, is an ancient Chinese fortification built from the end of the 14th century until the beginning of the 17th century.

v Panorama of the Great Wall
The Great Wall of China looks like a a gigantic dragon, it stretches approximately 6,700 kilometers (4,163 miles ) from east to west of China.