Official statistics show that as of the end of 2024, China cultivated apples on more than 1.93 million hectares, producing ...

NEW YORK, December 2, 2008 – A film documenting an environmental rehabilitation project in Western China illustrates China's ability to restore some of its most devastated landscapes—and serves as a ...

Spectacular scenery of terraced fields on the loess plateau in Pengyang, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, May 5, 2024. Photo: China News Service Spectacular scenery of terraced fields ...

The team also analyzed 14 C ages from archaeological sites across the western Loess Plateau. Probability and kernel density estimates revealed a notable drop in human settlements around 7,200 years ...

The Loess Plateau in China’s Northwest is home to more than 50 million people. Centuries of overuse led to one of the highest erosion rates in the world and widespread poverty. Two projects set out to ...

XIAN, China, Sept. 1 (UPI) --New research suggests China's Loess Plateau, the largest dust deposit in the world, was formed by the winds blowing across the Mu Us Desert -- like a leaf blower piles ...

The ancient highland area in north-central China has been dubbed the “cradle of Chinese civilization”. The moniker owes to it being the source of the Yellow River, the country’s second longest natural ...

A bullet train departed Yan'an on Friday, linking the sacred revolutionary heartland to the country's high-speed rail network ...