The thumb of a 2,000-year-old terracotta warrior was stolen while on display at the Franklin Institute. [Photo provided to China Daily] XI'AN -- The cultural relics authority of Northwest China's Shaanxi province is formulating a plan to repair a terracotta warrior statue whose thumb was stolen by a member of the public while on display at a Philadelphia museum last year. The statue, which dates back to at least 209 BC, has already been returned to China, along with the recovered thumb, according to the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau. Last year, a 24-year-old American man stole the thumb from the statue when it was on display at the Franklin Institute in Pennsylvania. The incident was unusual, but the bureau will not end overseas displays and other activities of its cultural relics, said Zhou Kuiying, the bureau's deputy director. Stricter security measures will be made for future displays, he added. personalized heart braceletcustom friendship braceletswristband designrubber bracelet meaningscheap custom silicone wristbands free shipping
URUMQI -- Aksu prefecture in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to plant about 70,000 hectares of trees to stop the country's largest desert Taklamakan from further expanding.The local forestry department expects planting to be completed in 2020.About 3.4 million people in Aksu, on the northern edge of Taklamakan, have planted nearly 13.4 million trees since 1986. Forests in Aksu now account for 6.8 percent of land in the prefecture.The Taklamakan Desert covers an area of more than 330,000 square kilometers. The average humidity has increased by 4 percent over the past decade as a result of new forests.
