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China sounds retreat against encroaching deserts | csmonitor.com

Decades of flawed agricultural policies have led to rapid desertification.Behind the walled farmhouses, where fields of cotton and fennel bask in bright sunshine, the desert begins. Pale ochre sand dunes loom over rows of carefully tended crops that represent a lifetime of labor for the 21 families who live here.

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