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A view of the almost completed Barkol-Mori section of the Beijing-Xinjiang Expressway in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 31, 2019. The new expressway has a length of 2,582 kilometers and runs through the Gobi Desert. When complete, it will be the world’s longest road passing through a desert. (Photo: China News Service/Kong Xiangwen)
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A view of the almost completed Barkol-Mori section of the Beijing-Xinjiang Expressway in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 31, 2019. The new expressway has a length of 2,582 kilometers and runs through the Gobi Desert. When complete, it will be the world’s longest road passing through a desert. (Photo: China News Service/Kong Xiangwen)
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People work at the construction site of the Barkol-Mori section of the Beijing-Xinjiang Expressway in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 31, 2019. The new expressway has a length of 2,582 kilometers and runs through the Gobi Desert. When complete, it will be the world’s longest road passing through a desert. (Photo: China News Service/Kong Xiangwen)
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People work at the construction site of the Barkol-Mori section of the Beijing-Xinjiang Expressway in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 31, 2019. The new expressway has a length of 2,582 kilometers and runs through the Gobi Desert. When complete, it will be the world’s longest road passing through a desert. (Photo: China News Service/Kong Xiangwen)
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A view of the almost completed Barkol-Mori section of the Beijing-Xinjiang Expressway in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 31, 2019. The new expressway has a length of 2,582 kilometers and runs through the Gobi Desert. When complete, it will be the world’s longest road passing through a desert. (Photo: China News Service/Kong Xiangwen)