Desert’s Stronger Grip Shakes Inner Mongolia |
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Circle of Blue revisits seas of dying grass and blowing sand in northern China. |
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Video: Blackwater: Man Vs. Mill |
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Dianhua Paper Mill discharged wastewater into a lagoon, killing sheep, sickening people, and damaging grasslands. |
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Video: Desert Overtaking Inner Mongolia |
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Changes in patterns of precipitation in an already parched region, leading to severe shortages of freshwater. |
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Video: Reign of Sand |
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The blowing sand in Inner Mongolia is more evidence of the consequences of the duel China fights as it promotes rapid industrial development. |
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Video: Looking Out on My Homeland |
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Traditional nomadic culture on the steppes of Inner Mongolia was defined by the insistence of wind, herding, and the search for water. |
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Blackwater: Rare Court Victory in Pollution Case |
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Dianhua Paper Mill discharged wastewater into a lagoon, killing sheep, sickening people, and damaging grasslands. |
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A Track to Modern Nomads |
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East Umchjin County, near the border with Mongolia, a place renowned for what Chinese scientists call "typical grasslands. |
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Drinking Milk Tea |
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An Inner Mongolia herder, confined by the government to a small pasture for his animals, is nevertheless more fortunate than some. |
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A Vast Chinese Grassland, a Way of Life Turns to Dust |
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600 miles north of Beijing the whole of the largest contiguous grasslands on Earth opens to the horizon. |
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Inner Mongolia: Photo Gallery |
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Dust and sand storms, along with the growing expanses of extremely dry and eroding grasslands and desert from which they are born, threaten the livelihoods of 400 million Chinese. |
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