US President Barack Obama on the Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is always at the top of the list of attractions that VIP visit on trips to China.
Barack Obama, US President visited the Great Wall on his visit to China in November 2009. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper also visited the Chinese Wall last year.
Since international relations with China started to thaw in the 1970, and through the reform and opening changes in the 1980s, maybe politician and VIP have visited the Great wall of China.
Richard Nixon visited the Great Wall in 1972. Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau visited the Wall in 1973. British PM Margaret Thatcher visited in 1977.
The list of political VIPs on the Great Wall is long, some are:
- Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov, President of the USSR Politburo in the 1950s.
- Prime Minister Fukuda Takeo of Japan visited in 1981.
- King Moshoehoe Ⅱ of the Lesotho in 1985.
- Chairman U San Yu of Burma in 1984.
A visit to the Great Wall is not only a chance to see history, but also a chance to walk where great men have walked.
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