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German student infiltrates China's terra cotta army

Tags: Terra Cotta Army + China + Ma Lin + Pablo + Xi'an museum

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A German art student tried to join a Chinese dynasty's army, but he volunteered centuries too late...

The 26-year-old man identified only as "Pablo" or by his Chinese name "Ma Lin" made a dusty brown suit of armor, a tunic and a helmet, and attempted to blend in with the ancient warriors of the terra cotta army in the western city of an class="highligh" style="color: #000; background-color:#d7ffa7;">Xian>'an.

The outfit matched the uniforms worn by the thousands of terra cotta soldiers buried in the tomb of the Emperor Qin Shihuangdi, who ruled between 221-210 B.C., the papers said. The soldiers one of...

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