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 ...

The Taklamakan Desert, China’s largest desert, in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region: ... Census takers visit the sites to survey and map them using real-time kinematic devices, ...

The Taklamakan Desert, ... Census takers visit the sites to survey and map them using real-time kinematic devices, take aerial photos with drones and other photos recording details, ...

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 ...

About 85 per cent of the 337,600 sq km (130,350 square mile) desert is covered by shifting sand dunes, earning the Taklamakan the label “sea of death”. Advertisement. SCMP Series.