Great fall of China: section of wall collapses

[AsahinaKimi]

By Nargiza Ryskulova

3:41PM BST 08 Aug 2012

Workmen digging up a square in Zhangjiakou city, Heibei province, near the wall have been blamed for triggering the collapse of 100 ft of Great Wall.

“There is an investigation into the causes of the collapse. A number of things may have contributed, including the building work," said a city official.

City officials said that “conservation and a rebuilding plan is already underway.”

The Great Wall of China, listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1987, was initially built in seventh century BC to keep invaders out of the Chinese Empire.


MORE...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9461992/Great-fall-of-China-section-of-wall-collapses.html

and here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2185408/The-Great-Wall-China-Bungling-workmen-trigger-collapse-100ft-section-historic-fortifications.html

[xchrom]

1. Wow. Nt

[MrScorpio]

2. What's to stop the Mongol Invasion now? nt

[tclambert]

5. Ermehgerd! The merngerls er cerming!

Maybe they can real quick put up some Bremer walls, like we did all over Baghdad. I think the Chinese manufactured those pre-fab wall sections anyway.

[pinboy3niner]

6. Your expertise leads to a solution

Kinda sucks for the tourists, though.

[jberryhill]

8. Naw...

Hell, they still flock to see bits and pieces of the Berlin wall, and a lot of people went just to see it when it was there.

Electrify the new section and put in a moat with live sharks that have lasers on their heads. It'll be awesome!

[pinboy3niner]

9. Now you're talkin'

But where do we put the laser cats?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/15/spielberg-directs-laser-cats-snl-andy-samberg_n_1426696.html

[jberryhill]

7. Ixnay on the Ongolsmay

They might not have noticed yet..

[UnrepentantLiberal]

3. Oh shit! I'm outta here.

Somebody's in biiiiiiiiiiiig trouble.

[silvershadow]

4. Honey, how was your day at work? Oh, I

accidentally destroyed historical antiquity, so they sent me home early. Duh.

[Berlum]

10. Something there is that doesn't love a wall

I'm just sayin...

[XemaSab]

18. +1

[kayakjohnny]

11. Officially downgraded to "Mediocre Wall of China"

[valerief]

15. Bwahahaha!

[KurtNYC]

12. I know where they can buy a new one:

Wal Mart.

[valerief]

14. DUzy!

[valerief]

13. They're agonna hafta beef up bordy patrol now to keep the ferners out. nt

[AsahinaKimi]

16. I remember reading some where that

Bodies of the workers were entombed in that wall.. I wonder if they will find any old bones.. I guess we will have to wait and see.

EDITED to note: If they need tools for repair...there is always this place here in SF:

[jberryhill]

21. They might work up quite an appetite working on the repairs

So, they'll need someplace to eat...

[Rhiannon12866]

17. My parents climbed the Great Wall of China, have a framed certificate saying so...

The Wall is such a marvel, hope they can get it repaired... Wow.

[Poll_Blind]

19. THAT explains all the cryptic tweets this morning from @GenghisKhan to #SaddleUp!

PB

[jberryhill]

20. Mr. Qin Shi Huang, tear down this wall!

[Franker65]

22. Not as bad as could have been

Looking at the initial photos above, at least it wasn't the section curving down vertically from the mountain. I guess it should be easy to rebuild.