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Roof of centuries-old Chinese tower partially collapses, video shows
The cascade of falling tiles from the roof of the Fengyang Drum Tower in eastern China, a Ming Dynasty watchtower, sent ...
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14th Century Drum Tower in China Collapses One Year After Restoration
A year after its restoration, the historic Mingzhongdu Drum Tower in China has collapsed, prompting an official investigation ...
WATCH: Roof of 650-year-old Ming Dynasty drum tower collapses in China, tourists flee in panic
In videos widely circulated on social media, visitors are seen screaming and running as roof tiles and debris fall around ...
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Engineering Lessons from the Collapse of China's Largest Drum Tower a Year After Restoration
The collapse of a historic structure is not just a loss of bricks and mortar; it’s a loss of history. The recent partial ...
A Very Old Tower’s Much Newer Roof Collapses, Raising Questions in China
The Drum Tower in Fengyang County, which dates to the 14th century, is one of many historical sites that have been renovated as cultural tourism has boomed.
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Anti-graft group demands expanded tower collapse probe
More than 50 days after the collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building, the Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand ...