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The Great Wall sprawls across Northern China, spanning 2,400 miles from the sea into Gansu Province. Most of the wall was built during the 16th century to keep Nomads and Mongols out of China. Its fortified towers, signal beacon towers, and garrisons, along with its roadway wide enough for five or six horsemen, proved to be only as good as those defending it. Today it survives in ruin and reconstruction. We visited this semi-restored section at Jin Shanling, about 70 miles north of Beijing. Because of its remoteness, this part draws relatively few tourists. I photographed several of them on its roadway, exploring the ups and downs of Chinese history.
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