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| When British army invaded Jiangzi, Tibet in 1904, the Tibetan
army and local people bravely rose up to fight against and fatally beat
the British invaders. Residences and forts in a large area were devastated
under the gunfire from advanced British arms. |
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| The Black Town in Ejinaqi, Inner Mongolia, was established
in the year of 1286. it was said that the town is the ancient capital of
Xi Xia Dynasty, where abundant and precious cultural relics of Xi Xia and
Yuan Dynasty were buried. Owing to the extreme dryness of the local climate,
the old town is facing the peril of being gulped by the desert. |
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| Dinghai in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province is a famous historical
town both at home and abroad. Though the cith once enjoyed great reputation
in China's recent history for her traditional street blocks folly representing
island characteristics in areas south of Yangtze River, pickaxes and sledgehammers
in the renovation of old urban areas turned these invaluable building into
debris in 1999. |