The Great Wall of China’s history began in the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC) and was last rebuilt as a defense in the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Early Walls (770-221 BC) ...

Built as a border fort in 1372, it was later incorporated into the Ming Great Wall. Photograph by PIXTAL/AGE FOTOSTOCK So far, its victory against erosion is an unqualified success.

On October 21, the governments of India and China announced that their four-year military stand-off at their disputed border along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh has ended.

They may even date back further, to the late Western Zhou Dynasty, of between 1046 and 771 BCE. The Great Wall of China ...

The Great Wall of China is one of the oldest, largest, and most celebrated achievements of human ingenuity, but there are still a few things you might not know about China’s ancient landmark.

In total, the Great Wall of China took more than 2,000 years to build - between 770 BC and 1633 AD. However, its construction was completed in stages - spanning over several dynasties and leaderships.

The Great Wall stretches along China’s northern border, from Hebei Province to Gansu Province. Work started around 700BC, with the whole wall connected five centuries later under the reign of ...

A newly uncovered section of the Great Wall of China in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, dating back nearly 3,000 years, suggests the structure's origins are three centuries older than previously ...

The Great Wall of China wasn’t a single construction project, but rather a series of defensive and border fortifications linked over hundreds of years under the direction of multiple royal ...

In 2012, the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China border affairs was agreed upon, followed by the Border Defence Cooperation agreement in 2013.

The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new find is part of the larger oldest part of the ...

The Great Wall of China stretches for more than 13,000 miles from Dandong in the east to Lop Lake in the west, along an arc which roughly traces the southern edge of Inner Mongolia.