The New Media Journal | Mongolians Destroy Section of Great Wall of China: "More than 2,000 years after it was built to keep out their ancestors, Mongolians have succeeded in punching a hole through a large section of the Great Wall of China.
Around 300 feet of the wall in a remote part of Inner Mongolia has been irreparably damaged by Mongolian gold prospectors.
'We discovered what had happened a couple of months ago, while doing a national survey on the condition of the Great Wall,' said Wang Dafang, the head of the regional cultural relics department.
'The place where it happened is remote and uninhabited. We might never have found out if the government had not commissioned the inspection survey,' he added.
The damaged section was built by the Qin Dynasty between 220BC and 206BC. Only a tiny segment of the Qin wall remains, which was a reinforced earth barrier unlike the imposing stone structure built by the Ming Dynasty some twelve centuries later.
'Some people think the only part of the Great Wall that needs to be protected is in Beijing,' said Mr Wang. 'But although the Inner Mongolia wall is more modest, it carries the same significance.'
He blamed Hohhot Kekao Mining for the destruction, adding that he had warned the company five times since September to desist. 'They ignored us, until we tipped off reporters from the local television network.
Then they promised to stop, but they secretly carried on. It was such a remote place they gambled that no one would check.'"
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