China's Geography and Climate 3

Due to a prolonged drought and perhaps poor agricultural practices, dust storms have become usual in the spring in China.

Dust blows all the way to southern China, Taiwan, and has even been measured on the West Coast of the United States.

The Giant Panda is an endangered species native to the bamboo forests of central and southern China.During many dynasties, the southwestern border of China has been the high mountains and deep valleys of Yunnan, which separate modern China from Burma, Laos and Vietnam.