A Japanese man has been detained?after trying to fly to
Tokyo from Beijing carrying dinosaur fossils designated as cultural
assets by the Chinese government, a Japanese Embassy official said
Friday.??
The unidentified man was apprehended at Beijing Capital
International Airport on Tuesday on charges of trying to smuggle
cultural assets.
Customs officials found him carrying 217 fossil pieces,
including the skull of a small-sized bird dinosaur, the Beijing
News reported Thursday.
(China Daily November 21, 2004)