China food security: advanced rice thriving where most vegetation dies – the salt deserts of Xinjiang
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Beijing has been casting the spotlight on Xinjiang for its local-level achievements in bolstering the nation’s self-sufficiency drive, and salt-tolerant rice is said to be making salinated soil arable for other seasonal crops.