Global Courant
BEIJING — People in northern China are no strangers to choking dust-laden winds and seeing the sun reduced to a hazy orange orb hanging obscured in a sand-colored sky.
But even for these folks accustomed to the misery of annual sandstorms, the spring of 2023 can be particularly memorable, as the region has been inundated by most in nearly a decade, prompting a reevaluation of how the nation is fighting for the desert that is covered. a quarter of its landmass and is the source of the sand that fills the air.
