Great Wall of China: The Sequel

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Pre-COVID, the Great Wall of China was one of the world's biggest tourist attractions. Visitors from near and far gathered to take in the spectacle of the more than 2,000-year-old structure that spans over 13,000 miles.

But allowing virus-carrying foreigners into the country is the last thing China, with its zero-COVID strategy, wants to do now. So it's building a second wall, -- this one along its 3,000-mile southern border with countries such as Vietnam and Myanmar, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

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Source Fool.com