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Episode 9: How Xi Jinping helped save the Wanshouyan archaeological site
Updated 12:47, 25-Feb-2023
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China's earliest "interior decoration" was completed about 40,000 years ago at the Wanshouyan Site in Sanming City, Fujian Province, where ancient humans had thrived for 185,000 years. However, mining operations nearly destroyed this valuable archaeological site more than 20 years ago.                                           

Urban development or heritage protection? Xi Jinping, then acting governor of Fujian Province, issued crucial instructions. 

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