China's Growing Sands

 To begin  with this new year
(2010, I wonder about how to pronounce it... two thousand ten or twenty-ten ?),
it seems I've to write something here....
unfortunately, ..... I have no ideal about .... topic, content, ....
so, I pick this news.....
(actiually, I surveyed BBC News... from Tech., Bussiness, Entertainment, Healthy..... ^^")
just because ^^a the photo is so attractive to me .... desert, dead wood, and a human being !

Now, let's enjoy the British-tone & this (hm... all right, barely called) interesting article ... ^^

Some of the most striking images on display at December's Copenhagen climate change conference were pictures of China taken by a young British photographer.
Sean Gallagher travelled across the world's most populated country on what is known as the 'desertification (沙漠化的) train.'
And he documented his journey in photos to show how life is a constant struggle for those living on the edges (I love this sentence!) of China's deserts.
China is fighting a war against creeping sand - year on year its deserts are expanding and joining to create a massive dust-bowl.
It is estimated that 20 per cent of China's land area (= =a that's not a good news and this figure is so....astonishing!!!)- some 1.74 million square kilometers - is now classified as desert.
One of the main stops on Sean's trip was Hongsibao - an environmental refugee town ( come on!!!! environmental refugee!!!!! what a... a... >"< new term....  ) built from scratch by the Chinese Government to house those forced from their homes by the sandstorms and water shortages.
Lucy Ash spoke to Sean and asked him how these environmental refugees feel about their new home.
Visit click Sean Gallagher's website to see more of his photography