Xinjiang’s desert crawfish join the Mid-Autumn celebration

2025-09-27

As China’s Xinjiang celebrates its 70th anniversary, journalists are seeing transformation firsthand. In Kashi’s Makit county, a CGTN reporter experienced how crawfish — once unimaginable in the desert — are now thriving in waters from the Yarkand River. What began as a small trial has grown into a new ecosystem, turning desert land into a surprising hub of life and industry.