Yin Yuzhen, Inner Mongolia's renowned desertification fighter, has reconnected with Ronald Sakolsky, a long-lost US benefactor whose $5,000 donation two decades ago helped transform barren sands into a thriving forest.
In early summer, the Uxin Grassland in the heart of the Mu Us Sandy Land, Ordos city, transforms into a stunning sea of purple as vast stretches of Chinese Iris bloom.
