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Xi’an; China’s Timekeeper, a Persian Monk’s Stele and a Million-Year-Old Skull

Xi'an keeps the nation's time. The National Time Service Center, in the city's Lintong district, generates and broadcasts China's standard time; while Lantian County, also part of Xi'an, gave up a skull more than a million years old. 西安替全国守着时间。位于临潼区的国家授时中心,负责产生并播发中国的标准时间。同属西安的蓝田县,出土过一具一百多万年前的头骨。 The clock...

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