The Taklamakan Desert, China’s largest desert, in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region: professionals visiting for fourth national census of cultural relics.

China has defied the limits of engineering by constructing a railway across the Taklamakan Desert, one of the largest and most dangerous shifting-sand deserts on Earth. This high-risk, high-reward ...

Members of the desert investigation team of the fourth national census of cultural relics hike in the Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to visit cultural heritage sites. ZOU ...

Despite these efforts, 26.8% of China's land remains desertified, a slight improvement from 27.2% a decade ago, according to the latest figures. Taklamakan can be recognised by its massive sand ...

NANJING, China, Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In November, China has successfully encircled the Taklamakan Desert, often called the "sea of death", the country's largest and the world's second-largest ...

NANJING, China, Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In November, China has successfully encircled the Taklamakan Desert, often called the "sea of death", the country's largest and the world's second ...

The 500MW Photovoltaic Sand Control Demonstration Project is located on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert. Through the "Photovoltaic + Agriculture" comprehensive sand control mode, it ...

BAZHOU, China, Dec. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Can seafood be farmed in the desert? On December 5th, employees from the State Grid Bazhou Power Supply Company in Xinjiang visited the Shishixian ...

China has finished a 46-year campaign to encircle its largest desert with trees, part of national efforts to end desertification and curb the sandstorms that plague parts of the country during the ...