The Great Wall wasn’t the first fortification erected in Chinese territory to protect citizens from foreign invaders. As far back as the 8th century BCE, barriers were going up to repel nomadic ...

The Great Wall of China continues to fascinate the world, thousands of years after construction on the massive bulwark first ...

Great Wall is the latest in a string being ejected over lease decisions. Mandarin Palace, 5020 W. Franklin Road, went dark in ...

Chinese troops along the wall also had a great deal of friendly contact with the nomads. In spite of opposition from their superiors, Chinese border guards often traded with their enemies.

The Great Wall of China is one of the most prestigious and permanent symbols of Chinese civilization. At a distance of 13,000 miles in northern China, it is the world's longest man-made structure ...

In 1428, for example, a Chinese general managed to force Mongol armies toward the wall, pinning them down without an escape route and defeating them. But the Great Wall didn't guarantee safety.

In Yanqing District, on the northern outskirts of Beijing, home to a 179- km-long section of the Great Wall, a team of more than 60 government-employed rangers and some 200 volunteers have ensured ...

A third of the 12,000-mile-long Great Wall of China lies in ruins. Its modern-day defenders confront what may be the world's greatest challenge in cultural preservation.

The Great Wall is the largest important release to date for Legendary East, the China subsidiary of Burbank-based Legendary Entertainment, which Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin ’s Dalian Wanda ...