This aerial photo taken on May 17, 2023 shows a view of the Yotkan cultural scenic spot in Hotan county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. URUMQI -- Once known as the "sea of death," the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting sand desert, has become a driving force for green development in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. "The …
URUMQI -- In late May, a breathtaking spectacle unfolds as a diverse array of rose varieties bursts into full bloom at a rose plantation base in Yutian county in Hotan prefecture of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. "Nearly half of my family's 0.7-hectare farmland is used for growing Damascus rose and we expect to sell fresh roses to processing …