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flag Chinese writer He Jianming, 69, documents Xinjiang’s 70-year development through immersive reporting, highlighting environmental successes and ethnic unity.

flag At 69, Chinese nonfiction writer He Jianming, known for his immersive reporting, continues writing 4,000 to 5,000 words daily. flag In 2024 and 2025, he visited Xinjiang five times, spending 78 days interviewing nearly 300 locals. flag His new book, A Poetic Land: A Xinjiang Chronicle in Three Parts, details seven decades of the region’s development, focusing on environmental projects like a 3,000-km green barrier around the Taklimakan Desert and a 450-km ecological corridor. flag These efforts, supported by local residents earning up to 15,000 yuan per hectare, have transformed thousands of hectares of desert into farmland. flag He previously gained acclaim for Pomegranates Blossom, a work symbolizing ethnic unity. flag A recipient of China’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Reportage Literature and the first Chinese nonfiction author nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, He plans to continue documenting Xinjiang for at least three more years.

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