Its Chinese name, Xianglong Zhaoi (Zhao's flying dragon), may bring to mind a colossal bugaboo flapping its giant wings across the sky and preying on little rabbits or sheep.
LONDON: Modern humans were living in northern Africa far earlier than previously thought, according to scientists. A new analysis of a 160,000-year-old fossilized jawbone from Morocco shows that the homo sapiens in the area had started having long childhoods, one of the hallmarks of humans living today.
More than 20 terracotta sculptures from the mausoleum of China's first emperor will be shown at the British Museum this September.
The Chinese Emperor was celebrating his 80th birthday and the first official British delegation had arrived in Beijing bearing gifts.
I'm glad I had not seen Tan Dun's new opera The First Emperor when I wrote about its critical feedback and the composer's defense ("How the West was won or not", January 12, 2007). It would have been difficult not to bring my own feelings into it.
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