China has finished building a 3,046km green wall around the Taklimakan Desert. It is part of a much larger project to keep blowing sand at bay across China.

This is the bizarre moment motorists heading for a journey through the desert found themselves ploughing through a flood instead after torrential rain made dunes look more like they were on the ...

Given the vastness of the Taklimakan Desert, not to mention its high-speed winds and severe droughts, building the world's longest ecological barrier to encircle this monstrosity is no easy task.

Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about this abandoned ancient enclave?

Videos of floodwaters flowing across the Taklimakan Desert in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and submerging desert highways began trending on Chinese social media platforms on ...

BEIJING, June 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The X Power 2025 Taklimakan Rally wrapped up with roaring success on June 1 in northwest China's Xinjiang. Kicking off on May 20, the grueling 13-day event ...

WUHU, China, June 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In the recently concluded 2025 Taklamakan Rally (TAR), the JETOUR G700 achieved remarkable results. Driven by Li Chengpeng and Zhang Jianfeng, the JETOUR ...

Given the vastness of the Taklimakan Desert, not to mention its high-speed winds and severe droughts, building the world's longest ecological barrier to encircle this monstrosity is no easy task.

The X Power 2025 Taklimakan Rally wrapped up with roaring success on June 1 in northwest China's Xinjiang.

Over time, people living at the brink of the Taklimakan Desert noticed that sand storms have become less frequent, the environment has improved, and yields have been bettered in their farmlands.