After 46 years of grit, sweat, and a whole lot of shoveling, China has done the unthinkable: it planted a 3,046-kilometer-long green belt around the Taklamakan Desert. Known as the “Sea of Death” for its ability to swallow adventurers whole, this inhospitable sandbox is now hemmed in by millions of trees, all part of the … Continue reading China announces completion of 1,800-mile ‘Green Great Wall’ encircling the world’s most-hostile Taklamakan desert