From scotsman.com:
It is the case of China’s disappearing Great Wall. A British researcher has found that some sections of the once 4,000-mile long structure are being stolen or vandalised.
William Lindesay, a 50-year-old British geologist-turned-writer, has compared pictures of the wall taken a century ago with the structure as it is today and found that pieces have gone missing.
A report by China’s Great Wall Society, a non-governmental organisation working to protect the wall, has found that only about 20% of its former 4,000 miles was in “reasonable shape” while half of its length had actually disappeared completely.[Full Text]
