In an extraordinary feat of environmental engineering, China has successfully surrounded the Taklamakan Desert, one of the ...

China's largest desert is now encircled by thousands of trees. The forest currently stretches over about 2,000 miles around ...

China tested their anti-ship ballistic missile at a range in the Taklamakan Desert. The video released shows the missile's launch and its impact on a mock ship. Analysts at Defense Express suggest ...

Chinese hikers Zhou Yang and Zhang Zhiguo accomplished an incredible feat on February 8, completing a remarkable 1,004 ...

In the late 1980's, perfectly preserved 3000-year-old mummies began appearing in a remote Chinese desert. They had long reddish-blond hair, European features and didn't appear to be the ancestors ...

Drilling on a new swath of ultra-deep crude oil wells in the depths of the Taklamakan Desert, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has started after the Spring Festival holiday ...

One major milestone was the completion of the Ruoqiang photovoltaic (PV) project. This massive 4-GW solar farm in the Taklamakan Desert is one of the world’s largest solar power projects. It is part ...

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 ...