A section of Xi'an city wall collapsed after rainfall Updated: 2006-07-27 06:54

"We have been renovating this section since the beginning of July and the
bricks of the wall were moved," he said. "Without the support of the bricks, the
earth inside the wall was softened."
Workers had taken measures to avoid such a collapse by adding supporting
pillars, but the recent rain made the renovation much more difficult, Wang said.
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