https://www.scmp.com/rss/329456/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com From the top of a certain windblown hill in Duolun county, in China’s Inner Mongolia province, the view could be described as either profoundly inspiring or deeply strange. For miles around, the terrain is dun-coloured, dry, sandy desert stubbled with yellow grass. But the cluster of hillsides closest to the one I found myself standing on in the spring of 2016 were emblazoned with enormous, carefully configured swatches of green trees. They were planted to form geometric shapes: a square, a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2177586/chinas-green-great-wall-front-line-its-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2177586/chinas-green-great-wall-front-line-its-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Dec 2018 13:00:15 +0000