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Tom Llamas reports from the Great Wall as it’s restored one brick at a time

BEIJING — Old Cheng was waiting patiently at the bottom of a steep mountain ridge as the minivans carrying our news team snaked their way through the Yan mountains to meet him.

© Aaron Sasson; Fred Dufour

Construction workers at Phase 5 of the Great Wall reconstruction in Jiankou, China on Tuesday.

© Fred Dufour

Construction workers at Phase 5 of the Great Wall reconstruction in Jiankou, China on Tuesday.

© Fred Dufour

Construction workers at Phase 5 of the Great Wall reconstruction in Jiankou, China on Tuesday.

© Fred Dufour

Construction workers at Phase 5 of the Great Wall reconstruction in Jiankou, China on Tuesday.

© Ignacio Torres

Construction workers at Phase 5 of the Great Wall reconstruction in Jiankou, China on Tuesday.
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