INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
China has completed a sand control belt spanning three deserts in Inner Mongolia, marking yet another milestone in the creation of a
“green great wall” across the arid northern region.
The last piece of straw checkerboard, a widely used method in China to stabilise
sand, was placed at the southern edge of the Badain Jaran Desert on Sunday, according to state news agency Xinhua.
The move completed a
1,856km (1,153-mile) green belt that also runs across the Tengger and Ulan Buh deserts, the agency...
