China just turned its biggest desert into a giant forest
China's largest desert is now encircled by thousands of trees. The forest currently stretches over about 2,000 miles around ...
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Drilling on a new swath of ultra-deep oil wells in Taklamakan Desert, starts after holiday
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 ...
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600,000 people are working on a colossal Chinese project—comparable in size to Germany—to unexpectedly halt the Taklamakan Desert
In an extraordinary feat of environmental engineering, China has successfully surrounded the Taklamakan Desert, one of the ...
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From Kashmir to China—Aurel Stein’s expeditions helped unlock secrets of ancient civilisations
Although the survey of Central Asia is among Stein’s most renowned and celebrated works, he had also successfully surveyed a ...
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China’s Renewable Energy Boom: A Record-Breaking Shift or Still Chained to Coal?
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 ...
RAND questions China’s combat readiness but ignores 2020 Ladakh crisis
The PLA’s rapid modernisation and build-up aren’t about ensuring the CPC’s rule, as claimed by the report, but to extend its ...
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GLOBALink | Chinese hikers conquer Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang in 40 days
Chinese hikers Zhou Yang and Zhang Zhiguo accomplished an incredible feat on February 8, completing a remarkable 1,004 ...
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IEA: Surge in electricity demand to be met by clean sources through to 2027
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says in a new report, that “global electricity use is forecast to rise significantly in the coming years ...