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. Jiali’s mother, Du Jinping, 45, said the family would live in the new village in the winter, but return to Swan Lake in the summer. Jiali’s mother, Du Jinping, 45, said the family would live in the new village in the winter, but return to Swan Lake in the summer. The family charges each tourist $4.50 to visit Swan Lake. Visitors also rent camels and dune buggies. And they can pay to eat in the round Mongolian tents, called gers. But the oasis, which is the main attraction, is shrinking. Many of the oases in the Tengger are drying up. Local governments in desert regions began relocating people away from the encroaching sands decades ago. JILIN MONGOLIA INNER MONGOLIA LIAONING NORTH KOREA GOBI DESERT Seoul Beijing Hohhot XINJIANG SOUTH KOREA HEBEI Tengger Desert Taiyuan GANSU SHANDONG SHANXI NINGXIA JIANGSU CHINA Lanzhou HENAN Shanghai QINGHAI SHAANXI ANHUI HUBEI ZHEJIANG TIBET Chengdu JIANGXI SICHUAN HUNAN Taipei FUJIAN GUIZHOU But China’s densely populated areas are pushing toward the deserts, as the deserts grow toward the cities. JILIN MONGOLIA INNER MONGOLIA LIAONING NORTH KOREA Moderately populated areas Seoul Beijing XINJIANG Densely populated areas SOUTH KOREA Desert Expansion HEBEI Taiyuan GANSU Yinchuan SHANDONG SHANXI NINGXIA JIANGSU CHINA Lanzhou Xi’an HENAN Shanghai QINGHAI SHAANXI ANHUI HUBEI ZHEJIANG TIBET Chengdu JIANGXI SICHUAN HUNAN Taipei FUJIAN GUIZHOU Storms of wind-driven sand have become increasingly frequent and intense, reaching Beijing and other large cities. “We dread the sandstorms,” Ms. Du said. FUJIAN GUIZHOU