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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows the sandy land before sand control in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 2008 (above, file photo) and the meadow in front of Bai Shun's house in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023 (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Huang Xiaoyong). Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulli

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun poses for photos in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hundreds of hecta

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun touches a Caragana plant in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hundreds

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun squats on a path in a forest, where used to be sandy, in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turne

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun (C) poses for photos with his family in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, a

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun (R) and his wife work in the vegetable garden of their house in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has bee

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun (L) and his son pose for photos with the first tree they planted in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun patrols a forest after dinner in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hund

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun talks about his sand control experience on a meadow in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun (L) and his son patrol a forest in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hu

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Bai Shun posing for photos in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 2008 (above, file photo) and him posing for photos in front of a forest in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023 (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Lian Zhen). Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences,

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 2, 2023 shows the house of Bai Shun in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into fo

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun poses for photos in the forest he planted in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into fores

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun poses for photos with the first tree he planted in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun touches the first tree he planted in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun (R) and his son pose for photos with the first tree they planted in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun (R) boils water at his house in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hundr

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun (L) and his son drive a tractor to a forest in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into for

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun (R) and his son patrol a forest in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hu

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun (R) and his son rest on a meadow in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and h

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun boils water at his house in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hundreds

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun's son patrols a forest in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hundreds of

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-TONGLIAO-SAND PREVENTION (CN)

(230803) -- TONGLIAO, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shun walks on a path to a forest in Bulteger Gacha, Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2023. Locating in the center of the Horqin Sandy Land, Bulteger Gacha, a small village in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of Tongliao City, used to suffer from desertification. Since 2002, Bai Shun, a local Mongolian farmer, has led his family take root in this village and devote themselves to the control of desertification. The survival rate of planted trees was low at the beginning due to lack of experience and fund. In order to improve the survival rate, Bai Shun sold his possessions to raise money and made every effort in raising saplings, pulling fences, planting sand-fixing grass, patrolling and consulting experts. With continuous hard work of Bai Shun's family, the sandy land gradually disappeared. In the past 20 years, 1,200 mu (about 80 hectares) of sandy land has been turned into forests, and hundre

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Akihabara in Tokyo

File photo taken on July 4, 2019, shows a variety of "Gacha Gacha" capsule toy vending machines in Akihabara in central Tokyo. The district, once famous for its many electronics shops, is now known as the center of Japan's "otaku" geek culture with many stores selling anime and manga paraphernalia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Akihabara in Tokyo

File photo taken on July 4, 2019, shows a variety of "Gacha Gacha" capsule toy vending machines in Akihabara in central Tokyo. The district, once famous for its many electronics shops, is now known as the center of Japan's "otaku" geek culture with many stores selling anime and manga paraphernalia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Capsule toy vending machines in Japan

Photo taken Nov. 16, 2017, shows "Gacha" capsule toy vending machines at Niigata airport in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Capsule toy vending machines in Japan

Photo taken Feb. 1, 2018, shows tourists in front of "Gacha" capsule toy vending machines at Narita international airport near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo