Restorers piece together terracotta warriors

The Terracotta Army No 1 pit at Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi'an, Shaanxi province [Zhang Tianzhu-China Daily]
The Terracotta Army No 1 pit at Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi’an
China Daily| 21-Oct-2020 | By XIN WEN

Lan Desheng picked up a sand-colored pottery shard, surveyed the fragment and fitted it into the back of a Terracotta Warrior figure. Continue reading “Restorers piece together terracotta warriors”

(13) Xi’an: 15 Chinese cities with over 5m permanent residents

People have dinner on the terrace of a restaurant next to the Dayan Pagoda Square in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, as businesses reopen on March 23, 2020. [Xinhua]
People have dinner on the terrace of a restaurant next to the Dayan Pagoda Square in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, as businesses reopen on March 23, 2020. [Xinhua]
China Daily | 21-Aug-2020

Xi’an and Qingdao have joined the club of cities with over 5 million permanent residents, according to the latest yearbook from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Currently, the number of club members has expanded from 13 to 15, and six of them boast more than 10 million people each.

(13) Xi’an: Urban population: 5.87 million

(1) Shanghai: 15 Chinese cities with over 5m permanent residents