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New highway opens in largest desert in China's Xinjiang

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A new highway running through the Taklamakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was put into operation on December 1. The 276-kilometer-long highway connects the city of Tumxuk with the city of Kunyu. It is the fourth highway to cross the Taklamakan, the second-largest wandering sand desert in the world.

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