Citations:Lop Nur
English citations of Lop Nur
- [1983, James C. H. Shen, “Rejoining the Government”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally[1], Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 39:
- Kennedy at the time was greatly concerned over reports that the Chinese Communists were secretly conducting nuclear explosions at Lop Nor in Northwest China—a sure indication they were working on atomic weapons. This was the period when Moscow and Peking were still close to each other, otherwise it might have been possible for the United States to devise a way to neutralize Peking's nuclear potential at an early stage. At their meeting Kennedy asked Chen many questions about Lop Nor. Could he have been thinking of a preventive surgical strike?]
- [1996 June 8, “CHINA CONDUCTS NUCLEAR TEST, AUSTRALIA SAYS”, in The Washington Post[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 10, 2024[3]:
- The underground explosion at the Lop Nor test site in the western province of Xinjiang was recorded by the Australian Seismological Center and the Australian Geological Survey Organization. They said the blast had a body-wave magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale and an estimated yield of 20 to 80 kilotons, making it a middle-range explosion.]
- 2015, Michael Welland, “Barriers and Corridors, Imports and Exports”, in The Desert: Lands of Lost Borders[6], Reaktion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 317:
- At the easterly extent of the Taklamakan is the great dry lake of Lop Nor and the Kumtag Desert, home of the singing dunes described by Marco Polo.
- 2015 May, Damian Harper et al., China (Lonely Planet)[7], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 982:
- Many visitors to Xīnjiāng will experience this huge expanse during their travels or can arrange camel-trekking tours and expeditions through its vast sand dunes. China’s biggest shifting salt lake, Lop Nur (the site of China’s nuclear bomb tests) is also here.
- 2018 November 7 [2018 November 6], “Across China: The last fishermen of the mysterious Lop Nur lake”, in yan, editor, Xinhua News Agency[8], archived from the original on 18 November 2018[9]:
- Amudun Ebudun is sad that he is one of the last few fishermen in the mysterious Lop Nur lake area, located at the rim of China's largest desert Taklimakan and also known as the "sea of death".
The 60-year-old man's family is among the last 40 aboriginal families living deep in the area famous for its dried-up lake, Lop Nur.
- 2020 April 15, Jonathan Landay, “China may have conducted low-level nuclear test blasts, U.S. says”, in Reuters[10], archived from the original on 16 April 2020, World News[11]:
- U.S. concerns about Beijing’s possible breaches of a “zero yield” standard for test blasts have been prompted by activities at China’s Lop Nur nuclear test site throughout 2019, the State Department report said.
Zero yield refers to a nuclear test in which there is no explosive chain reaction of the type ignited by the detonation of a nuclear warhead.
“China’s possible preparation to operate its Lop Nur test site year-round, its use of explosive containment chambers, extensive excavation activities at Lop Nur and a lack of transparency on its nuclear testing activities ... raise concerns regarding its adherence to the zero yield standard,” the report said without providing evidence of a low-yield test.
- 2020 December 10, Gulchehra, Joshua Lipes, “Relocation of Ancient Uyghur Village Ruse to Assimilate Residents, Appropriate Resources: Experts”, in Radio Free Asia[12], archived from the original on 10 December 2020[13]:
- Resettlements citing similar reasons have occurred in other parts of the largely Uyghur-populated southern XUAR in the past, including in the seats of Kashgar (Kashi) prefecture’s Makit (Maigaiti) and Kargilik (Yecheng) counties, as well as in Lop Nur township, in Bayin’gholin Mongol (Bayinguoleng Menggu) Autonomous Prefecture’s Chakilik (Ruoqiang) county. In each case, the resettlements went against the will of the local people.