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Description: Article and photos describe desertification in China, where the desert is on the move. With dunes already 75 kilometers from Beijing, environmentalists fear the sand could swallow the capital in a few years.
Ron Gluckman reports from China The desert is sweeping into China's valleys, choking rivers and consuming precious farm land. Beijing has responded with massive tree-planting campaigns, but the Great Green Walls may not be able to buffer the sand, which could cover the capital in a few years 
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Page title:The desertification of China
Keywords:China,desert,desertification,Beijing,sand,ecology,wasteland,China,water,land use,environment,tree,planting,Green
Description:China's desert storm: Are the sands of time running out for Beijing
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