French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, walked the centuries-old Great Wall and wandered the imperial Ming Tombs on a sightseeing stop Thursday during their visit to China. Hours before Sarkozy's planned meeting with top lawmaker Wu Bangguo, the French first couple visited the Ming Tombs and a section of the Great Wall usually closed to the public, said French officials who declined to be named according to government policy. The officials would not provide further details, saying the visit was private and not open to the media. On Beijing's outskirts, the tombs were chosen by 13 of the 16 Ming Dynasty emperors, who ruled between 1368 and 1644, as their last resting place.
