Beijing’s decades-long ‘soft power’ push has never gained traction, particularly overseas. But with a blockbuster movie, ...

The concept of "Shangri-La" was popularized by British novelist James Hilton in his 1933 novel Lost Horizon. Hilton described a small, harmonious village nestled in the Kunlun Mountains where the ...

Kashgar, in southwest Xinjiang, is surrounded by the Tianshan Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, and Pamir Plateau, and bordered by the Taklimakan Desert. Xinjiang has three main desert zones: Taklimakan, ...

Between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago, the Earth experienced significant climatic changes, including the rapid retreat of ice sheets and rising sea levels, during the Glacial–Holocene transition. This ...

A total of 13,060 Kiangs were recorded in the area such as the Qilian and Kunlun mountains, as well as Sanjiangyuan, where the Yangtze, Yellow, and Lancang rivers originate. Kiang, a large herbivorous ...

This plateau lies at the junction of several major mountain ranges, including the Himalayas, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Tien Shan. Its rugged landscapes, high peaks, and extreme elevations make it one ...

It is traditionally linked to Noah’s Ark, as Genesis describes the ark resting on the "mountains of Ararat." Numerous expeditions have sought remnants of the ark, but no credible evidence has ...