Yi puts it this way: "Left unaddressed, China's demographic trap could precipitate a civilizational collapse ... back fast after the famine during the Great Leap Forward at the end of the ...

It is due to be completed by 2050, when it will have formed an “unbreakable green Great Wall”, according to government plans. China boasts that the scheme has already been a great success and ...

China will need to maintain this Great Green Wall by continually planting more trees to keep the blowing sands at bay.

Insider Tip: The Great Wall was designed for protection, but don’t forget the forts that were another part of China’s defenses. The 16th-century Yaoziyu Fort, for example, is the best preserve ...