Bejing: Travel agencies have been offering expeditions to Lop Nur in the Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region for travellers looking to conquer the no man’s land in the region’s southeast.
But the trips are illegal. The Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve, the largest dry desert reserve in Xinjiang, is dedicated to the protection of wild Bactrian camels, which are even more scarce than the giant panda.
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