31 May 2007
Move to ensure Great Wall is in ‘wonders’ list
Posted by: Squareface In: Taking in; on; and to Shanghai (or China in general)
BEIJING - WORRIED that its iconic Great Wall will not be named one of the ‘new’ seven wonders of the world, China has launched a campaign to get its people to vote for it, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday.So far, more than 45 million votes from around the world had been cast in an online campaign hosted by the non-profit New7Wonders Foundation (www.new7wonders.com) to choose the world’s seven ‘new’ wonders, the foundation said.
The final result will be unveiled on July 7.
According to the Academy of the Great Wall of China, the wall has recently dropped out of the top seven and it blamed the voting process, saying relatively few Chinese used the Internet and those who did were poor in the English language.
But people can now vote by mobile phone, and some portions of the website have been translated into Chinese, Xinhua added.
‘China’s Great Wall missed an opportunity 2,000 years ago when the Greeks named the Seven Wonders of the World. It would be extremely regrettable if it became an also-ran this time,’ the academy said.
Other nominees include the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Taj Mahal in India.
REUTERS
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