Do Sandstorms Start from Dried-up Lakes in Beijing?
BEJING, China 16 Oct 2003 (China Internet Information Center) Every spring, for as long as the residents of Beijing and neighboring Tianjin can remember, the two cities have been scraped raw by sandstorms sweeping down from the north. Vast areas of northern China have become deserts and winds sweeping down from Russia pick up the sand particles and deposit them on city streets, and the people in them. Full article…