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China in recent years has begun restoring parts of the wall as well as trying to rein in commercial development on and around it. The wall's modern sections around the Chinese capital date from the Ming Dynasty, including those restored since the Communist Party took power in 1949, and several areas
-- including the most popular, Badaling, just north of Beijing -- draw hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Tourist encroachment also has been a problem in recent years, with state media saying that near Badaling almost every brick on a popular section of the wall has been carved with people's names or other graffiti.
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