THE GREAT WALL which for a dozen centuries and more protected China’s frontier for 1500 miles is no longer a protection. Earlier invaders came from the west and north, armed with lances, clubs and curved swords. The modern invaders come with heavy guns, tanks, armoured cars and machine guns. But the “Great Wall" endures as the Eighth Wonder of the World. Top left: Street scene in the fishing village at the end of the wall, Right. Showing how the wall “writhes along the mountain peaks." Bottom left; Protected by the w an ancient caravan route through the Nankow Pass. Centre: Colossal figures carved out of rock on a hillside near the Wall. Right. The wall at Shankaikwan, damaged by shells from Japanese Warships. The gale below leads through the wall into the city.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 224, 21 August 1937, Page 6

THE GREAT WALL which for a dozen centuries and more protected China’s frontier for 1500 miles is no longer a protection. Earlier invaders came from the west and north, armed with lances, clubs and curved swords. The modern invaders come with heavy guns, tanks, armoured cars and machine guns. But the “Great Wall" endures as the Eighth Wonder of the World. Top left: Street scene in the fishing village at the end of the wall, Right. Showing how the wall “writhes along the mountain peaks." Bottom left; Protected by the w an ancient caravan route through the Nankow Pass. Centre: Colossal figures carved out of rock on a hillside near the Wall. Right. The wall at Shankaikwan, damaged by shells from Japanese Warships. The gale below leads through the wall into the city.