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Joe Hernandez

Chinese construction workers accused of plowing a hole through the Great Wall

Chinese authorities released this image of damage done to the Great Wall in Shanxi province. (Youyu County Public Security Bureau)

Two Chinese construction workers looking for a shortcut last month destroyed part of the country's Great Wall by driving heavy machinery through it, authorities say.

A 38-year-old man named Zheng and a 55-year-old woman named Wang caused "irreversible damage" when they used an excavator to widen a gap in the wall on Aug. 24, according to a press release from the Youyu County Public Security Bureau.

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