The thumb of a 2,000-year-old terracotta warrior was stolen while on display at the Franklin Institute. [Photo provided to China Daily] The Terracotta Warrior statue that had its left thumb snapped off by a vandal at an exhibit in the United States is undergoing repairs in Shaanxi province, Science and Technology Daily reported on Tuesday. More than 100 rare cultural items, including the thumbless statue, were transported back to museums and cultural relic bureaus in the province after wrapping up a half-year tour across the US in early April. Michael Rohana, 24, from Delaware, allegedly sneaked into the exhibit venue at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on Dec 21 and broke off the warrior's left thumb after taking a selfie with the ancient figure. The stolen appendage was found in Rohana's home five days after museum workers noticed the thumb was missing on Jan 8 and tracked the suspect down using security camera footage. He was detained by police and released on bail. The city council of Philadelphia offered an apology for the damage caused to the statue on March 13. The Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Bureau said the ongoing robust cultural exchanges between China and the US will not be affected due to the individual act of vandalism, but security measures for high-value cultural relics will be improved. Terracotta Warriors, with their priceless cultural, historical, aesthetic and academic value, are among the most precious treasures of the nation, said an employee with the bureau. Nearly 300 exhibits themed around cultural relics unearthed in Shaanxi were held in over 60 foreign countries over the past four decades, helping promote traditional Chinese culture. silicone wristbands winnipegsilicone wristbandssilicone wristband braceletwholesale custom wristbandscustom mantra bracelets
[Photo/IC] WASHINGTON -- Scientists have found that Chinese population with cardiovascular disease increased by nearly 15 percent from 1990 to 2016, but the overall death rate dropped by nearly 29 percent. The study published on Wednesday in the journal JAMA Cardiology showed that the annual number of deaths among Chinese population owing to cardiovascular disease, the top cause of death in the country, increased from 2.51 million to 3.97 million. However, the age-standardized mortality rate fell by 28.7 percent, from 431.6 per 100,000 persons in 1990 to 307.9 per 100,000 in 2016. A group of scientists led by Liu Shiwei with Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention examined China's national and province-level burden based on data from the Global Burden of Disease Study. They identified a substantial reduction (33.3 percent) in the cardiovascular disease burden, as measured by age-standardized Disability Adjusted of Life Years (DALY) rate, a WHO measure of overall disease burden expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health, disability or early death. There were an estimated 93.8 million prevalent cases of cardiovascular disease during 2016 in China, more than twice that of 1990, while ischemic heart disease, ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke are the top three causes of cardiovascular disease deaths in 2016, according to the study. The highest estimated prevalence rates are in Tibet, Qinghai, Hebei and Henan while the lowest rates in coastal areas like Shanghai, Hong Kong and Guangdong, according to the study. The researchers cited controlling lifestyle, reducing geographical inequity and increasing the quality of cardiovascular care the critical methods to further relieve the cardiovascular disease burden.
