The great wall cemented

BEJING: An attempt at restoration of the Great Wall of China by the Local government has been roundly pilloried after pictures of the smooth cement “restoration” job surfaced on social media. The work on the Xiaohekou section of the Great Wall in China’s northeastern Liaoning province was carried out in 2014, local media reports, though the shocking result has only just been revealed to the world following an article in Beijing News. “This cultural relic is now worthless,” fumed one commenter on China’s Twitter-like microblog Weibo. ”Is this restoration? No, it’s destruction!” Also ironic is that the hullabaloo comes just days after the state-backed China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation launched a crowdfunding campaign to help protect dilapidated sections of the wall, with a goal of raising 11 million renminbi ($1.6 million) by 1 December.