Why is China quietly helping Africa build a Great Green Wall across the Sahara?
This battle can be won’: desert expert reveals how China’s technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental project.
Daily Express19d
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 the Taklamakan desert in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang.
Global Times29d
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 ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs18d
China completes 'Shenditake 1', the world's second deepest borehole at 10,910 meters
The drilling of Shenditake 1 commenced on May 30, 2023, and concluded after more than 580 days of continuous work. Handelsblatt reports that this achievement makes it the fastest land-based ...
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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 ...