The Taklamakan Desert, China’s largest desert, in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region: professionals visiting for fourth national census of cultural relics.

Geologist Aaron Putnam and colleagues led expeditions to Asia's high mountains and deserts to study the link between water and climate. ... Sand dunes in the Taklamakan Desert. Map of the world ...

After spotting the odd-looking site deep in the Taklamakan desert people think they've uncovered a hidden Chinese rocket, although others believe there's a much simpler explanation ...

The Taklamakan, China's biggest desert, has experienced its biggest snowfall and lowest temperature after 11 consecutive days of snow, local meteorologists said on Friday. The snow started in the ...

Flights cancelled and trains delayed in areas near Taklamakan desert. Reading Time: 1 minute. Why you can trust SCMP. Laura Zhou. Published: 3:48pm, 3 May 2016Updated: 3:48pm, 3 May 2016.

China’s largest desert, and the world’s second-largest sand-shifting desert – is now surrounded by a green belt of various trees and shrubs, as well as a solar-based sand blocking technology.

China's Taklamakan Desert Highway: Silk route turned oil pipeline. China's determination to colonise its far-West and extend its influence into Central Asia began with an extraordinary road ...