The Freedom Team hikers near the Ox Horn bend on the Jiankou ... of the Great Wall. My fellow hikers are largely outliers in China. Old Sun once told me that Chinese tend to find hiking as sport ...

While a remote part of the Great Wall may soon attract more visitors, it remains a striking reminder of the centuries that shaped not only the fortification, but China itself. Future of the Past ...

Workers work near the north tower of Jiankou Great Wall on July 9, 2024. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] Stretching over 7,071 meters, the Jiankou Great Wall has undergone four rounds of ...

He Jinyue, a full-time Great Wall protector, patrols the part of the Jiankou Great Wall restored in 2021 on Dec 1, 2023. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] The Beijing sections of the Great Wall ...