In November, workers in the northwest autonomous region of Xinjiang completed a roughly 2,000-mile "green belt" around the Taklimakan Desert ... corn grew taller. The sand that used to blow ...

China’s 600,000 workers are transforming the Taklamakan Desert with a 3,050-km green belt, using solar power and resilient ...

The forest currently stretches over about 2,000 miles around the Taklamakan desert in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang ... recognised by its massive sand dunes, some up which can ...

One of the most remarkable examples of this transformation can be seen in the Kubuqi Desert, where the Chinese government has successfully greened large areas that were once just sand and dust.

URUMQI -- Authorities in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous ... the world's second-largest drifting desert, was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt stretching 3,046 ...

By the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) period, China will see its first wave of wind turbine blade retirements, with over 1.2 million kilowatts of wind farms surpassing 20 years of ...

Xinjiang has long prioritized environmental ... China's largest desert and the world's second-largest drifting desert, was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt stretching 3,046 ...