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* Decades ago in its heyday, Lenghu pulsed with grit as home of China’s “fourth largest oilfield,” where workers braved sandstorms and thin air to pump the nation’s industrial lifeblood. Today, these same winds still sweep across the mountaintops of Lenghu, which are now studded with telescopes — their lenses trained on supernovae and black …
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Xinhua Headlines: China’s former gritty oil town now explores glittering cosmos
Bong Haslett
10:22
* Decades ago in its heyday, Lenghu pulsed with grit as home of China’s “fourth largest oilfield,” where workers braved sandstorms and thin air to pump the nation’s industrial lifeblood. Today, these same winds still sweep across the mountaintops of Lenghu, which are now studded with telescopes — their lenses trained on supernovae and black
