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Dead trees lie in the desert in Ejina, in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Wednesday, October 6, 2004. Green areas in Ejina have shrunk 54 percents in the past 30 years due to over grazing, and the area has became the main source of major sandstorms in China's capital Beijing. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Str) === CHINA OUT, ONLINE OUT ===