Highway collapse

THREE people were killed and four others injured after a section of a highway collapsed in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said yesterday.

Four vehicles plunged following the road collapse in the city of Ulanqab at around 7:30 p.m. Monday, according to the regional public security department.

Probe into the cause of the accident is under way.

Intl. air routes

DUNHUANG Mogao international airport, located near the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northwest China, officially resumed international air routes Sunday.

A tourist charter flight from Jakarta, Indonesia, arrived at the airport at 7:20 a.m. Sunday. This was the first inbound international tourist charter flight at the airport this year.

Eight flights will ply the Indonesia (Jakarta)-Kunming-Dunhuang air route from Dec. 24 to Jan. 5, 2024, operated by Batik Air. Nearly 600 tourists from Indonesia are expected to travel to Dunhuang by the tourist charter flights.

Shang Dynasty tombs

A FAMILY cemetery belonging to the late Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.), composed of 28 tombs, has been excavated at the Dapo ruins site in the city of Anyang, Central China’s Henan Province.

The discovery was made public at an annual meeting on archaeological work achievements in Henan Province held recently.

The Dapo ruins are located in Yindu District in Anyang, about 4.5 km from the World Heritage Site of Yinxu, also known as the Yin Ruins. Among these tombs, three large ones are in the shape of the Chinese character “Zhong.”