A controversial project in this desert led to the discovery of multiple obviously illegal slush funds owned by a deputy speaker of parliament, which led him to declare to reporters, "I should probably resign"; he did not resign.
A controversial project in this desert led to the discovery of multiple obviously illegal slush funds owned by a deputy speaker of parliament, which led him to declare to reporters, "I should probably resign"; he did not resign. Rio Tinto is backing that project at this desert's Turquoise Hill Mine. The Three-North Shelterbelt Program is a giant ring of forests being built in a desperate attempt to curb the unrelenting onslaught of this desert. The Przewalski's horse can be found in special protected zones in this desert, which sadly do not also contain its mythical death worms. This desert, whose Nemegt basin is home to numerous fossils, lies north of the Hexi Corridor and east of the Taklamakan. For 10 points, name this large desert of China and Mongolia.
A controversial project in this desert led to the discovery of multiple obviously illegal slush funds owned by a deputy speaker of parliament, which led him to declare to reporters, "I should probably resign"; he did not resign.
Gobi Desert