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By Dai Bo.The Laojunshan Nature Reserve is located in the north-central part of Pingshan County, south-central Sichuan, with the geographic coordinates 103o54-104o04E and 28o39-28o43N. It was authorized by the Yibin Municipal Government in 2000 and upgraded to a provincial-leveled nature reserve in 2002. The total area at present is 3500 ha. The topography is deeply cut medium-high mountain landscape. Elevation ranges from about 900m to 2008m. Climate characters with clear difference of seasons ... |
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By Gao Xinfen. Panzhihua, a very beautiful city, is situated in the southwest of Sichuan Province near Yunnan. Its quite an important industrial city for mineral resources in China,and also a very nice inhabitancy for various plants. The city has two counties under its administration, Yan Bian and Mi Yi. The topography of Panzhihua is higher of the Northwest and lower of the Southeast. The northwestern area has the Laverock Mountains where Yan Bian and Yan Yuan march with each other. The famous ... |
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By Zhang Heming. Wolong Natural Reserve (WNR), known as a shining pearl in the southwest China, is the largest national-level natural reserve specializing in protecting giant pandas and natural ecological system. With repect to protection and development, active efforts were made in the 1990s but failed. It was widely acknowledged that tourism should be given the top priority for the development and protection of WNR. Therefore it is of great necessity to re-consider the tourism development stra... |
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By Hu Jinchu. In 1972, Premier Zhou Enlai announced in Shanghaithat a pair of giant pandas would be given to the UnitedStates. Panda Diplomacy broke the barrier formed by differences in social system and ideology. The door tofriendship between the Chinese people and people in othercountries was reopened. Other countries and regions alsoshowed a strong desire to receive Chinas national treasure,the giant panda, hoping to enjoy the same treatment as theUnited States President Nixon. However, the p... |
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By Hu Jinchu. Ailuropoda and the early giant pandas are similar in size with modern giant pandas. Their figures resembled a fat dog; their nose and legs were shorter than those of todays pandas. During an evolutionary period of 200 million years, the giant panda family experienced amazing physical changes. The length of its body is about 160-180 centimetres and its weight is about 80-120 kilograms. The increase in its body size indicates two evolutionary histories. First, because it eats bamboo,... |
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By Hu Jinchu.Sika deer include 9 subspecies, which are only found in China and other East Asian countries. With only a little more than 1000 Sika deer alive today, they are as rare as giant panda. Three of the six subspecies living in China are already extinct in the wild. At present, only three subspecies still exist in Northeastern China, Southern Regions of the Yangtze River.... |
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