This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2016-11-25 08:48
Item from Nov 24, 1983, in China Daily: Fishermen from the Runzhou district of Zhejiang, Jiangsu province, set a 150-kilogram purebred Chinese sturgeon free in the Yangtze River early this month.
The giant fish is considered by the government to be an endangered species. ...
Purebred Chinese sturgeon dates back almost 140 million years, but the fish is now on the razor's edge of survival.
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