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1. Rare Plants and 'Living Fossils'
CHINA has 30,000 species of higher plants, 10 percent of the world's total. Several thousand of them are rare, and 190 are survivors of the Ice Age, including metasequoia, cathaya, golden larch,
Author: SHI GUANGFU Year 1986 Issue 4 PDF HTML
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2. The Golden Larch - a Living Fossil
THE GOLDEN LARCH, a member of the pine family, has flourished from possibly 200 million years ago in the Mesozoic era. Later, only in China did it survive the Ice Age of the Pleistocene epoch. Today
Author: SHI GUANGFU Year 1986 Issue 4 PDF HTML
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3. The Rare Chinese Tulip Tree
THE CHINESE tulip tree is an Ice Age survivor. Its wood is pinkish, soft and light, with a fine texture and straight grain. Because it doesn't warp easily, it is often used for interior trim and
Author: SHI GUANGFU Year 1986 Issue 6 PDF HTML
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4. Wood Heavier than Water
ONE OF THE world's heaviest woods comes from the Burretiodendron xianmu, that grows in the tropical monsoon forests on the limestone mountains of Guangxi and Yunnan in south China. An evergreen, it
Author: SHI GUANGFU Year 1986 Issue 7 PDF HTML
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5. The 'Sky-High' Tree
THE CHINESE call it the wangtian tree, which means "looking up into the sky." It has a huge, straight trunk, and rises 50 to 70 meters high. The local people - Dai and Hani in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan
Author: SHI GUANGFU Year 1987 Issue 7 PDF HTML
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6. Conservation: What We Owe to Future Generations
THE EARTH abounds with natural resources, but even thousands of years ago the ancient Chiness realized the importance of conserving them. According to legendary accounts, special officials were
Author: SHI GUANGFU Year 1987 Issue 7 PDF HTML
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7. Malay Bush Beech: Valuable Timber Tree
THE MALAY bush beech grows in China only in Yunnan province. Its wood is light brown with a beautiful grain. Because it resists rot, cracking and insects it is ideal for ships and buildings,
Author: SHI GUANGFU Year 1986 Issue 5 PDF HTML
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8. Historic Guanzhong Plain
THE Guanzhong Plain, a narrow strip of land surrounding the eastward turn or "elbow" of the Huanghe (Yellow) River and several of its tributaries in Shaanxi province, has been a focal point in
Author: SHI NIANHAI Year 1980 Issue 9 PDF HTML
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9. Sports Mountaineering: World Alpinists Head for China's Hills
SHI ZHANCHUN, vice-chairman of the Chinese Mountaineering Association, led two expeditions to Qomolangma in 1960 and 1975.SINCE the announcement early this year that eight mountains in western China
Author: SHI ZHANCHUN Year 1980 Issue 10 PDF HTML
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10. Defending the People's Rights
I came to know Comrade Soong Ching Ling early in the 1930s when I was just starting out as a lawyer in Shanghai. I was deeply influenced by the China League for Civil Rights, which she sponsored
Author: SHI LIANG Year 1981 Issue 9 PDF HTML