With 30 million hectares of land already wrapped in green, China’s Great Green Wall is yet to slow down the growing ...

This battle can be won': desert expert reveals how China's technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental project About two decades ago, African nations launched an audacious plan: a 7 ...

This is the story of China's great green wall—a belt of green, defiant trees encircling the Taklamakan Desert in China, and the incredible 46-year effort to achieve this feat. Located in the ...

Surrounded by misty green hills with watchtowers that disappear ... traveling to various Great Wall sites. “The Great Wall of China,” In Our Time: BBC radio host Melvyn Bragg discusses the ...

Remnant of the Great Wall dated to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) in Dunhuang SUN ZHIJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY/TONG YUNSHAN ... iron silicate producing shades of green and blue.

The Great Wall was initially built to safeguard ancient China's northern borders. Archaeologists in eastern China have uncovered evidence that some sections of the Great Wall are far older than ...

Kevin Frayer / Getty Images China’s Great Wall wasn’t built all at once—it was constructed and connected over many centuries. Now, new research suggests the earliest known section of the ...

From China’s push to develop a commercial space industry to a Great Green Wall in Africa, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage.

Just north of Beijing, you'll find one of the most famous monuments in the world: the Great Wall of China. Although it's unlikely you'll see the whole thing, you should aim to experience a portion ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern province of ...

About two decades ago, African nations launched an audacious plan: a 7,700km “Great Green Wall” to hold back the Sahara Desert’s southward march. Yet years passed and progress was stalled ...