On the 60 th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) on November 1, 2009, the People’s Daily published an article titled “Building a Great Wall in the Blue Sky,” and the Xinhua News Agency ran an interview with the commander of the PLAAF, Xu Qiliang, titled “Building a Great Iron Wall in the Blue Sky.” Until the last decade, the idea of a Great Wall at sea or in the sky was pure fantasy, or a mere slogan at best. The idea of a Great Wall in the Sky goes back to at least 2009. Mao Zedong ordered the establishment of a “Great Wall at Sea” in the 1950s, and the “Great Firewall” has become well-known in the in cyber world over the past decade. up to the Ming dynasty in the 16 th century, is a World Heritage site. ![]() ![]() Has China begun the construction of its fourth “Great Wall,” in the sky over the East China Sea? The famed “Great Wall,” constructed from roughly 220 B.C.
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