Beijing is an absolutely fascinating city for most foreigners and the Great Wall should be on any "must-see" list, just as when visiting Egypt and its Pyramids of Giza. More than six hundred kilometres of the 8,851.5km long Great Wall, stretching from Jiayuguan (Pass) iin Gansu Province on the west to Hu Shan (Mountain) in Liaoning Provice on the east, snake through northern Beijing. As Chinese assert:"He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man"

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