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Article: Construction of Shanxi alumina project destroys Great Wall beacon tower and ancient tombs.
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- China Business News
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- January 10, 2005
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Construction of Shanxi alumina project destroys Great Wall beacon tower and ancient tombs
Shanghai January 10. INTERFAX-CHINA-The Great Wall is one of the best- known symbols of China and Chinese law strictly protects it. However, in late 2004, despite widespread criticism, the Shanxi Luneng Jinbei Aluminum Industry Corp. (Luneng), leveled a beacon tower of the Great Wall, which was built during the Ming Dynasty, during the construction of a major project, a one mln tons alumina production line.
The 600-year-old tower, in Yuanping Town within Yizhou City of central Shanxi Province, was razed to the ground during the three-day grading of the site. During ...