Photo Gallery
03.05.20

China’s New Deserts

Ian Teh

From Madoi county, a settlement near the headwaters of the Yellow River, our two-car convoy headed out to visit a desert Yang Yong had first viewed through binoculars in 1997. From the roadside, the geologist had seen a small, wind-blown patch of...

Environment
03.29.16

Xinjiang Ban on Glacier Tourism Ignores the Bigger Problem

 from chinadialogue

The Xinjiang government has banned tourists from glaciers under the 13th Five-Year Plan in order to try and save the...