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China Expands Green Belt Around Its Largest Desert

A drone photo taken on April 13, 2025 shows a photovoltaic power project in Shaya County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo by Ding Lei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2024 shows the Tarim River flood water diverted to irrigate a forest of populus euphratica in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. (Photo by Qiang Limin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Emergency workers make sand bags to reinforce a dike in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2024. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 3, 2024 shows the Tarim River widened by flood water in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Emergency workers organize flood control supplies in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2024. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 3, 2024 shows the Tarim River in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members check real time flood control data at Xinjiang Tarim River Administration in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 4, 2024. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Aug. 3, 2024 shows the Tarim River flood water diverted to irrigate a forest of populus euphratica in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TARIM RIVER-FLOOD CONTROL-WATER LEVEL ALERT (CN)

(240805) -- SHAYA COUNTY, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A rescuer reinforces a dike in Xayar County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2024. Affected by high temperatures and heavy rainfall, the water volume of the Tarim River in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeds the alert level. Local authorities mobilized emergency responding teams that are on duty around the clock at the flood control front lines, and availed of water conservancy facilities to ensure public safety while maximizing the utilization of flooding water. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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Largo Winch : Le Prix de l'argent Premiere – Paris

Sandra Sisley, Tomer Sisley, Levin Sisley, Dino Zeitoun and Liv Shaya Sisley attend Largo Winch : Le Prix de l'argent Premiere at Le Grand Rex in Paris, France on June 18, 2024. Photo by Jerome Dominé/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aerial pesticide spraying conducted in Xinjiang's natural populus euphratica forest

STORY: Aerial pesticide spraying conducted in Xinjiang's natural populus euphratica forest DATELINE: June 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of aerial spraying of pesticides 2. various of the natural populus euphratica forest STORYLINE: Aerial pesticide spraying operations have been conducted recently in natural populus euphratica forest in Shaya County of Aksu Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. According to the local forestry department, spring and autumn are the peak seasons of forest diseases. The spraying covers an area of 100,000 mu (about 6,667 hectares) of natural populus euphratica forest. Located on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin, Shaya County has a total of about 3.2 million mu (about 213,333 hectares) of natural populus euphratica forest. Populus euphratica (more commonly known as "desert poplar") is a rugged species of tree, dubbed "guardian of the desert." It is resistant to low temperatures, drou

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Xinjiang farmers more enthusiastic about cotton farming

STORY: Xinjiang farmers more enthusiastic about cotton farming DATELINE: April 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the plantation 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JUMAY HASAN, Cotton farmer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ABDUGANI ABDUKEYUM, Cotton farmer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GUO XIHAI, China National Cotton Group Corporation STORYLINE: Cotton sowing is in full swing in northwest China's Xinjiang. Despite U.S. sanctions on Xinjiang cotton, more Xinjiang cotton farmers have confidence in their careers. Jumay Hasan is one of them. For him, planting cotton has become a good source of income. He plants 130 mu (8.7 hectares) of cotton in Shaya County this year, 10 mu more than last year. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JUMAY HASAN, Cotton farmer "Last year, each mu of cotton field in our cooperative harvested 410 kilograms of cotton. We could get more than 2,000 yuan (about 314 U.S. dollars) of dividends per mu." Meanwhile, new technologies also help far