The Taklamakan Desert, China’s largest desert, in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region: ... Census takers visit the sites to survey and map them using real-time kinematic devices, ...

The Taklamakan Desert, China's largest desert and located in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was once the central stage for numerous legends along the ancient Silk Road.

Kunyu City of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has started its first-ever oat harvest on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, the largest desert in China.

About 85 per cent of the 337,600 sq km (130,350 square mile) desert is covered by shifting sand dunes, earning the Taklamakan the label “sea of death”. Advertisement SCMP Series ...

A mysterious grid of dots spanning several miles of Western China's sand dunes like a giant chessboard may be the result of geological surveys for nickel mines, according to new analysis of ...

China's largest desert is now encircled by thousands of trees. The forest currently stretches over about 2,000 miles around the Taklamakan desert in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang.

A "green belt" of about 3,000 km (2,000 miles) around the Taklamakan was completed on Thursday in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, after workers planted the final 100 metres of trees on the ...

China has long built mock-ups US warships in the desert, likely to serve as targets. New images show an apparent USS Gerald R. Ford mock-up, indicating China is watching the Navy's newest carrier.

In a rare occurrence, China’s largest desert in the northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has seen multiple lake formations this year, which an environmental expert described as a warning ...