This is the story of China's great green wall—a belt of green, defiant trees encircling the Taklamakan Desert in China, and the incredible 46-year effort to achieve this feat.
Located in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, the Taklamakan Desert, also known as the Sea of Death, is one of the world’s largest and harshest deserts. For decades, its sands were a constant menace, fueling devastating sandstorms that swept across China every spring, even reaching Beijing. As per the latest reports, China has completed the 3,000-kilometer-long “green belt” of trees around the desert.
