Dinosaur fossil dating back 125 mln years found in north China

STORY: Dinosaur fossil dating back 125 mln years found in north China DATELINE: May 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:45 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of sites of dinosaur fossil at Urad Back Banner 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DAI RUIMING, Researchers from the Natural History Museum of Bayannur City 3. various of sites of dinosaur fossil STORYLINE: Researchers have found a relatively complete dinosaur fossil dating back approximately 125 million years in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Researchers from the Natural History Museum of Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia, discovered it during a regular inspection of Urad Back Banner. A preliminary study on bone morphology showed that the fossil belonged to an iguanodon in the Early Cretaceous period. It was large and close to adulthood, said Dai Ruiming from the museum. Researchers are cleaning and reinforcing the giant skeleton of the large herbivorous dinosaur. Protection measures will be taken based on how many fossils they wi

(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-BEIJING 2022 WINTER PARALYMPICS-TORCH RELAY-FLAME LIGHTING CEREMONY(CN)

(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-BEIJING 2022 WINTER PARALYMPICS-TORCH RELAY-FLAME LIGHTING CEREMONY(CN)

(220302) -- BEIJING, March 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torchbearers Yang Mingyuan (L) and Zhu Ruiming run with the torch during the Beijing 2022 Paralymic Torch Relay and Flame Lighting Ceremony at Beijing School for the Blind in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2022. The flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games was collected at eight locations in Beijing and Zhangjiakou. Each collection was followed by a relay of no more than 20 torchbearers on-site before the gathering of flames at the Temple of Heaven. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)