Although there are many ancient Chinese poems about the desert's ... that Jiayuguan was just a backward small county town in the Gobi desert, where I was trapped and couldn't move freely.

In the late 1980's, perfectly preserved 3000-year-old mummies began appearing in a remote Chinese desert. They had long reddish-blond hair, European features and didn't appear to be the ancestors ...

The Chinese military controls access ... Ready for launch: We flew from Beijing to Lanzhou and then drove to a town near the edge of the desert to meet our camel team. We camped in the sand ...

Fossil evidence of a diverse plant ecosystem that thrived in a Chinese desert during the world’s largest mass extinction could offer insight into how humans could survive a future great dying event.

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (SCMP): Driven by steady demand for cashmere, bags, shoes and even camel wool, trade between China and Mongolia is flourishing via a bustling border town against a strong ...