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2021-05-21 09:09:23 GMT2021-05-21 17:09:23(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Photo taken on June 20, 2020 shows crested ibises foraging in the paddy fields in Yangxian County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo by Xia Yongguang/Xinhua)
XI AN, May 20 (Xinhua) British conservationist Terry Townshend described his return to Yangxian County, dubbed the hometown of the crested ibis, as a great honor, not only because he got to see these majestic birds once again, but because he was able to drop in on a prominent figure whose name has become synonymous with this still endangered species.
Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of rediscovery of the crested ibis.
Ningxia joins nation s high-speed rail network By LUO WANGSHU | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-28 09:03 Share CLOSE Villager Sun Zhiming (right), 78, watches a train traveling on the Yinchuan-Xi an High-speed Railway in Qianxian county, Shaanxi province, on Saturday, as the line opens. Sun said it now only takes 30 minutes to travel by train to Xi an, a journey that used to take him nearly 10 hours by bicycle. YUAN JINGZHI/FOR CHINA DAILY
Bullet train services on line to Xi an will cut 11 hours from trip between capitals
Ningxia Hui autonomous region joined the national high-speed railway network on Saturday when a new bullet train service was launched linking its capital, Yinchuan, with Xi an, capital of Shaanxi province.