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Ancient pottery with plowing design unearthed www.chinaview.cn 2004-08-07 10:57:27 LANZHOU, Aug. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- A 4,800-year-old piece of colored pottery bearing designs of plowing was recently unearthed at Lintao County in northwest China's Gansu Province. Chinese archaeologists believe the pottery, which is 30-cm-talland 34-cm in width, belongs to the Majiayao culture, a historical period in about 3300 B.C. to 2050 B.C.. The picture on the pottery vividly portrays a scene of plowing in simple black lines. Beside the farmland is a river, painted in several zigzag lines. Wang Zhi'an, president of the Gansu Provincial Majiayao Culture Society, said the design...

When then 14-year-old Yang Chunbing gingerly wore his first badge displaying the late Chairman Mao's portrait 37 years ago, he believed the insignia would protect him from any misfortune during the "Cultural Revolution" (1966-76) era. However, Yang never expected he would probably become one of China's largest collectors of Mao Zedong badges. "Visitors' enthusiasm far exceeds my expectations," said a beaming Yang as spectators kept pouring into an exhibition of his collection of badges in Qufu City of east China's Shandong Province. More than 500,000 workers, peasants and students have visited the exhibition in honor of "the Great Helmsman" since...

Saddam Says Iraq to Stop Oil Exports -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xinhuanet 2002-04-08 19:29:17 ¡¡¡¡BAGHDAD, April 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Iraq will stop its oil exports starting from Monday for 30 days in a gesture of supporting the Palestinian struggle against Israel, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said in a televised speech to the nation on Monday. ¡¡¡¡"Iraq will completely stop its oil exports from this (April 8) afternoon ... for a period of 30 days, or until the Zionist entity's (Israeli) armed forces have unconditionally withdrawn from the Palestinian territories they have occupied and have shown respect for the will of the Palestinian people...