Palace Repairs Top China's to-Do List

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BEIJING - It's the ultimate in home repair: hundreds of rooms, a century of fire damage and neglect - and steadily mounting wear and tear from 7 million visitors a year.

China is at work on the first full-scale effort to restore the imperial grandeur of its 584-year-old Forbidden City, the world's biggest palace and former residence of 24 emperors.

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Palace Repairs Top China's to-Do List

Rebuilding and painting the vermillion-walled palace is expected to take unt...

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