Mystery of the Gobi Desert

Author: (Swedish) Sven Hedin / Xu Jianying
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The camels appeared anxious, staying near the tents instead of by the reeds, and showed no interest in the grass, occasionally glancing at their unhappy companions. The next morning, the stumbling camel died, frozen stiff in the ice. Its back and humps stood upright like a normally lying camel, but its head was lowered and frozen in the ice.
"The Mystery of the Gobi Desert" is a (recorded work) by the renowned Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, documenting the Central Asian scientific expedition led by the China-Sweden scientific research team between 1928 and 1931. The author traces the development of the expedition in chronological order, sincerely and meticulously recording the entire winding process. Due to the assassination of the former Xinjiang governor Yang Zengxin, the scientific expedition was delayed and misunderstood from the outset, subjected to repeated unpleasant interrogations. The team resolutely headed north to Beijing and Nanjing for assistance, faced the illness of a capable helper, endured the hardships of working at the Ejina meteorological station, and witnessed the tragic suicide of the Chinese student Ma Yeqian in Hulna. These thrilling or (twisting) plots paint a vivid and realistic picture of the Chinese frontier and the interior during 1928–1931 for the readers.