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Article: China to enlarge National Museum to world largest
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 10, 2006
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China to enlarge National Museum to world largest
BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- China will expand its Beijing-based
National Museum into the world's largest one within the next four
years, according to curator Lu Zhangshen.
The National Museum, beside the downtown Tian'anmen Square in the
east, will go through renovation and enlargement from next April to
2010, Lu was quoted as saying by the Beijing News on Sunday.
"The museum will expand 100 meters eastwards and its floor space
will reach 192,000 square meters - the largest in the world, " he
said.
The ...