Xinhua Headlines: China inaugurates world's first desert rail loop in Xinjiang

Xinhua Headlines: China inaugurates world's first desert rail loop in Xinjiang

(220616) -- URUMQI, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows the windbreaks along the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

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