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Japanese TV personality E.H. Eric dies at 71

TOKYO, Japan - File photo, taken in 1985, shows Japanese television personality E.H. Eric, who died of Parkinson's disease at his home in Hawaii on Aug. 17 local time. He was 71. Eric, whose real name was Taibi Okada, was born in France to a Japanese father and Danish mother. His manner of peppering his speech with English and French phrases as a television host caught on among many Japanese.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken in 2021 shows researcher Hu Jun conducting a field investigation in Derong County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute. During the scientific expedition along the s

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2022 shows researcher Hu Jun checking specimens at Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2022 shows researcher Hu Jun checking specimens at Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2022 shows researcher Hu Jun checking specimens at Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken by researcher Hu Jun on Aug. 10, 2021 shows the leaves of Euonymus aquifolium in the wild. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute. During the scientific expedition along the southeastern slope of Mt. Gongga,

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken by researcher Hu Jun on Aug. 10, 2021 shows the flower, fruit and leaves of Euonymus aquifolium in the wild . According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute. During the scientific expedition along the southeastern sl

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Researcher Hu Jun shows a specimen of Euonymus aquifolium at Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 17, 2022. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2022 shows researcher Hu Jun checking a picture of Euonymus aquifolium at Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researc

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CHINA-CHENGDU-ENDANGERED PLANT-REDISCOVERY (CN)

(220822) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken by researcher Hu Jun on Aug. 10, 2021 shows the Euonymus aquifolium in the wild. According to the Chengdu Institute of Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers have rediscovered a critically endangered plant, Euonymus aquifolium, during China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Euonymus aquifolium is a rare and vegetatively distinctive species, and the rediscovery by Chinese researchers uncovered the only presently confirmed living individuals more than 110 years after a single gathering collected by British scientist E.H. Wilson in 1908, according to a research article published in the journal PhytoKeys. "I was lucky. Some experts have been looking for it for more than a decade, and some even fell down mountains during the expedition, but to no avail." said Hu Jun, assistant researcher of the institute. During the scientific expedition along the southeastern slope of Mt. Gongga, 15 individ

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Japanese TV personality E.H. Eric dies at 71

TOKYO, Japan - File photo, taken in 1985, shows Japanese television personality E.H. Eric, who died of Parkinson's disease at his home in Hawaii on Aug. 17 local time. He was 71. Eric, whose real name was Taibi Okada, was born in France to a Japanese father and Danish mother. His manner of peppering his speech with English and French phrases as a television host caught on among many Japanese.