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By He, Weihong Shi, G R; Bu, Jianjun; Niu, Zhijun ABSTRACT- A new brachiopod fauna is described from the Early and Middle Permian of Zadoi and Zhidoi counties, southern Qinghai (Changdu block), northwest China. This fauna includes 13 species in nine genera with Spinomarginifera concentrica n. sp. and Transennatia waterhousei n. sp. The Early to Middle Permian brachiopod fauna from southern Qinghai is very similar to the contemporary Cathaysian faunas of South China with which the new fauna...
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "Nomadic Tibetans in NW China's Gansu To Settle Into Permanent homes"] LANZHOU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) - A nomadic Tibetan community in northwest China's Gansu Province will soon follow the lead of their kin in Tibet and settle down in permanent brick houses, under a government-led programme. Under the programme, more than 73,700 nomadic Tibetans living in Gannan (Southern Gansu) Prefecture will...
NEW YORK, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gushan Environmental Energy Limited ("Gushan" or the "Company"; NYSE: GU), China's largest producer of biodiesel as measured by annual production capacity, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Highlights for Second Quarter 2008 -- Total revenues increased by 52.6% year-to-year and 20.0% quarter-on- quarter to RMB399.6 million (US$58.3 million). -- Gross profit increased by 43.8% year-to-year...
Wenchuan quake "not linked" to Sichuan water projects: Chinese official BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The massive May 12 earthquake centered in Wenchuan County in the southwestern province of Sichuan had no direct link with the development of water resources in Sichuan, such as dams, a Chinese official said on Wednesday. The county seat of Wenchuan lies atop fault lines and Wenchuan is historically earthquake-prone, said Cheng Dianlong, deputy chief of the State Flood Control and Drought...
In touch with the intangible in China's Olympics Green (1) By Yang Jianxiang, Xinhua writer BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- You can buy a brightly-colored mask, with its exaggerated expression, at any souvenir shop here. It can become a child's toy or a decoration in your home, a souvenir of your trip. But you might want to know more about its origin, use, meaning and production. The answers lie in history, technique and artistry. The mask is material, the answers are not. They comprise...
IN BEIJING but tired of the Games?Why not take in a showing of Kung Fu Panda? One of only 20 foreign films allowed into China each year, the Jack Black-voiced animated blockbuster has caused controversy since its release. The artist and designer Zhao Bandi claimed Hollywood was seeking to profit from Chinese culture and that after the Sichuan earthquake the film was in poor taste, as pandas live in the quake zone. The film, however, has been enthusiastically received. Also (not) showing:...
By Coffin, Bill Just 30 minutes before the earthquake that killed tens of thousands in the Chinese province of Sichuan in May, local video footage captured on a cell phone revealed rainbow lights in the clouds. Some have identified the lights as merely a circumhorizontal arc-an unusual, horizontal rainbow refracting through ice crystals in cirrus clouds. Others, however, consider the light show an example of "earthquake lights," a scientifically unproven indicator of a coming...
China quake reconstruction panel emphasizes livelihoods, environment BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- As a 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, the country's quake relief headquarters held its 24th meeting on reconstruction here on Tuesday, reiterating its dual focuses: livelihoods and the environment. At the meeting presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao, the headquarters urged giving priority to the basic needs of the survivors of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan...
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "2nd Ld-Writethu: 6.1-Magnitude Quake Hits SW China, Causing One death"] BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) - One person was killed and 23 others were injured in a 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Qingchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 5:49 p.m. on Tuesday. The casualties were in Yaodu Township, which was also severely affected by the 8.0 quake on May 12, said an official in the publicity...
Smiles on children's faces today eclipsed the star power of the USA Basketball Senior Men's National players and legends who visited several young patients at Shanghai Children's Medical Center while in town for the USA Basketball International Challenge. The Shanghai Children's Medical Center is China's leading pediatric hospital and the product of a unique collaboration between U.S.-based Project HOPE, an international health education and humanitarian assistance organization and the...
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The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), also known as the panda, is a species of bear that is native to southwestern and central western areas of China. Its range includes mountain ranges located primarily in Sichuan province, but pandas can also be found in the Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. It once preferred a habitat within lowland areas, but human encroachment has driven the giant panda into small areas, which contain forested habitats. There are two recognized subspecies of the giant...
Gigantspinosaurus, meaning "giant spined lizard", is a genus of stegosaur dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period. It was found in the Upper Shaximiao Formation of Zigong, Sichuan, China. It is known from a partial skeleton missing most of the skull, hind feet, and tail. The type species, G. sichuanensis, was described in 1992. It was known as Nomen nudum until 2006. This dinosaur had a unique appearance. It had small dorsal plates and large shoulder spikes (or spines). The spines were...
The Chinese Prickly Ash or Flatspine Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum simulans) is a species of flowering plant native to eastern China and Taiwan. It is one of several plants of Zanthoxylum from which Sichuan Pepper is produced. It is a small spreading tree that grows to 23 feet tall. Its leaves are 2.75 to 5 inches long and pinnate (having parts of a leaf arranged on both sides of the stem). Each leaf has 7 - 11 small leaflets that are each 1.25 to 2 inches long. There are numerous spines on the...
