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![[Bird's-eye view of the Great Wall of China along mountain ridges, disappearing into the haze in the distance]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctb2YtdGhlLWdyZWF0LXdhbGwtb2YtY2hpbmEtYWxvbmctbW91bnRhaW4tcmlkZ2VzLWRpc2FwcGVhcmluZy01Yzk2NTAtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/219/jpg "[Bird's-eye view of the Great Wall of China along mountain ridges, disappearing into the haze in the distance]")
![[Four sightseers walking on the Great Wall of China as it descends from the mountaintop toward the valley on the left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvZm91ci1zaWdodHNlZXJzLXdhbGtpbmctb24tdGhlLWdyZWF0LXdhbGwtb2YtY2hpbmEtYXMtaXQtZGVzY2VuZHMtZnJvbS10aGUtMGZiYzNhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Four sightseers walking on the Great Wall of China as it descends from the mountaintop toward the valley on the left]")
![[Many sightseers walking on a section of the Great Wall of China, with buildings along the wall in the foreground and mountains in the background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTQvbWFueS1zaWdodHNlZXJzLXdhbGtpbmctb24tYS1zZWN0aW9uLW9mLXRoZS1ncmVhdC13YWxsLW9mLWNoaW5hLXdpdGgtYnVpbGRpbmdzLTg0ZTNiNi02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[Many sightseers walking on a section of the Great Wall of China, with buildings along the wall in the foreground and mountains in the background]")
![[Bird's-eye view of a pipeline along the coast of a large body of water, in China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctb2YtYS1waXBlbGluZS1hbG9uZy10aGUtY29hc3Qtb2YtYS1sYXJnZS1ib2R5LW9mLXdhdGVyLWluLWNoaW5hLTI0YmU3Yy02NDAuanBn/40/57/webp "[Bird's-eye view of a pipeline along the coast of a large body of water, in China]")
![[Wrought-iron railing with swan motif along a wharf on the Pearl River in China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDMvd3JvdWdodC1pcm9uLXJhaWxpbmctd2l0aC1zd2FuLW1vdGlmLWFsb25nLWEtd2hhcmYtb24tdGhlLXBlYXJsLXJpdmVyLWluLWNoaW5hLTYxMjg4Yi02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[Wrought-iron railing with swan motif along a wharf on the Pearl River in China]")
