The "Silk Road" refers to a series of routes that crisscrossed Eurasia ... an (Xian), diverged into northern and southern routes that skirted the Central Asian Taklamakan Desert, converged to cross ...

China has encircled the Taklamakan desert, the country’s largest and the world’s second-largest shifting desert, with a 3,050-kilometre green belt of vegetation and sand-blocking technology ...

When Silk Road trade reached its peak between the 3rd and 8th Centuries, merchants traveled westward across China from oasis to oasis, crossing the harsh terrain of the Taklamakan Desert to reach ...

Xuanzang traveled along what we now know as the Silk Road. He survived the dangerous Taklamakan Desert and continued through the high and harsh mountains of Tian Shan (literally, mountains of the ...

NANJING, China, Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In November, China has successfully encircled the Taklamakan Desert, often called the "sea of death", the country's largest and the world's second ...

Located in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, the Taklamakan Desert ... Also read: From deserts to coasts: 8 most beautiful road trips across India this winter Still, the effort isn’t over.