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China starts building railway from near border

China began on Tuesday building a railway to the Lop Nur, a former lake area known as "the sea of death" in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Construction of the 360-kilometer railway from Hami Prefecture on the China-Mongolia border to the Lop Nur near China's largest desert, the Taklamakan, and would take about two years. Hami is close to both Oyu Tolgoi and Tavan Tolgoi, and when the railway opens, it will be easier to transport coal and copper to China.

At least 11 railways are under construction in Xinjiang. By 2020, the region's total rail mileage will top 10,000 kilometers compared with the present 3,000 kilometers.
The Lop Nur was the largest lake in northwestern China before it dried up in 1972 as a result of desertification and environmental degradation. It once nurtured the civilization of Loulan (Kroraina). The ancient city was one of the pivotal stops along the famous Silk Road, but mysteriously disappeared around the third century AD.

Source: www.news.mn

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