Saturday, September 04, 2004

News

"Swan Lake" at the Bayan Bulag Nature Reserve: A swan flies in the Bayan Bulag Nature Reserve in Hejing County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 2, 2004. The nature reserve was listed as the first swan preserve in China in 1980, and was also the largest of its kind in the country.

Lake Monster Investigation Delayed: An investigation into the enigmatic Kanas Lake Monsters, originally scheduled for this autumn, has been put off until next July. The news came from the Kanas Administrative Bureau of Environment and Tourism. It had been planned as a joint scientific expedition involving several units, including a Chinese Scientific Expedition and the underwater photographic team with the Chinese Underwater Association.

Building plans change for a better Beijng Olympics: Plans for Beijing's Olympic venues have been changed so that unnecessary costs will be cut. Seats will be reduced by 2,000 in the wrestling spectator area where originally 10,000 had been planned, reported China Daily Saturday.


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