URUMQI - A photography exhibition has opened in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to call attention to glacier protection.The exhibition displays more than 30 photos shot by Fan Shucai, a photographer of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Fan has taken many aerial pictures of the region's Tianshan, Altai, and Kunlun mountains over the past 20 years.People will never know how severely the glaciers have retreated in the region until they see them, he said. I hope people can be more aware of the change and cherish our living environment.China has 46,377 glaciers, with 18,311 -- or 46.8 percent -- of the national ice reserves located in Xinjiang. Global warming, grazing, mining and tourism have accelerated destruction of the glaciers. bracelet de securite pour personne agee24 hour silicone wristbandscustom logo wristbandscustom silicone medical alert braceletsrubber band wristband maker
BEIJING - More than 1.4 million divorce petitions were settled by courts across China in 2017, according to a report made public by the Supreme People's Court on Thursday.According to the report, 65.8 percent of the cases were resolved with the couples staying married.Figures from 2016 and 2017 showed that marital issues were most likely to occur between the second and seventh years of marriage.In 91.1 percent of divorce cases, only one of the couple wanted to divorce. Over 77.5 percent of the cases were filed due to the couple being on bad terms.The report also showed that in 14.9 percent of the cases one spouse petitioned for divorce due to domestic violence, and in over 91 percent of those cases the male instigated violence towards the female partner.
