Arid Central Asia is an important dust source in the northern hemisphere, which has a significant impact on the ecological environment of Central Asia, Northwest China and even the East Asian monsoon ...

China just completed one of the most demanding infrastructure projects ever attempted, a 22 km expressway tunnel drilled deep beneath the unstable Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang. Built as part of the ...

High in the heart of Central Asia’s mountains, China has opened a record breaking expressway tunnel that carries traffic almost 10,000 feet above sea level. Carved beneath the Tianshan range in ...

BEIJING, Dec. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 26, 2025, the 22.13-kilometer Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest highway tunnel, officially opened to traffic today, making traveling ...

Construction crews in western China have completed the boring of the 13.7 miles (22.1 kilometers) stretch of the world’s longest expressway tunnel. The boring of the Tianshan Shengli Tunnel was ...

The collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates resulted in the formation of the Tianshan Tectonic Belt; however, the formation mechanism of Tianshan and the construction of a dynamic model ...

One key project involves the construction of a 394-km highway connecting the northern and southern sides of the rugged Tianshan Mountains in far-western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region ...

URUMQI, 30 December (BelTA - Xinhua) - The Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest expressway tunnel, completed tunneling Monday morning, paving the way for the opening of a new shortcut linking ...

Xinjiang Tianshan comprises four components—Tomur, Kalajun-Kuerdening, Bayinbukuke and Bogda— that total 606,833 hectares. They are part of the Tianshan mountain system of Central Asia, one of the ...

Xinjiang Tianshan comprises four components—Tomur, Kalajun-Kuerdening, Bayinbukuke and Bogda— that total 606,833 hectares. They are part of the Tianshan mountain system of Central Asia, one of the ...