BEIJING: An army of workers has invaded Beijing's Forbidden City and is treating the 600-year-old red-walled compound to its biggest makeover in more than a century ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Stonecutters are chipping curves into white marble blocks while roofers rub glaze on countless rounded yellow shingles.
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