Workers knock down part of Great Wall of China to create a shortcut


Two people have been detained for digging through a section of the Great Wall of China. - CHINA POLICE NETWORK/WEIBO

BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): What do you do when you hit a wall in life? Knocking it down was the answer for two people who rammed an excavator through the Great Wall of China to create a shortcut for their machine.

Police in Youyu county in northern Shanxi province said they were alerted to the damage on Aug 24 after receiving multiple reports about a huge gap in a section of the Great Wall known as the 32nd Great Wall.

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