Another is the construction of artificial lakes across the Taklamaken Desert in the country's northwest region of Xinjiang. The desert's name is derived from the Uyghur language and means "the ...

In Shihezi city, an oasis built by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, I met a pioneer who volunteered to cultivate Xinjiang's Gobi desert.

Authorities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have introduced a new legal framework to safeguard the Gobi, a vital part of the desert ecosystem. On Saturday, the city of Hami ...

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.