The Tumultuous Years: Aid to Xinjiang, 1962

In 1962, Lin Deyuan, a young educated urbanite from Shanghai, boarded a westbound train. In a dugout on the Gobi Desert, he etched a monument to frontier development with his youth and passion.

In the Shihezi reclamation area, the great canal dug by the young urbanites and soldiers irrigated the farms throughout Mosowan.

On the barren, frozen soil, the saline-alkali land they improved became the most fertile ground.

In Urumqi, the young urbanites taught and nurtured students, bringing knowledge to every child on the frontier...