{"id":36585,"date":"2026-08-27T05:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=36585"},"modified":"2026-08-27T05:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:55:13","slug":"sakolsky-visits-hohhot-in-inner-mongolia-during-a-china-trip-to-reunite-with-desert-control-hero-yin-yuzhen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=36585","title":{"rendered":"Sakolsky visits Hohhot in Inner Mongolia during a China trip to reunite with desert-control hero Yin Yuzhen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky (C, front) attends a China-U.S. teacher education exchange symposium at a high school in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky, accompanied by Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker, visited Hohhot in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yin has spent four decades planting trees across northern China’s Maowusu Sandy Land, the country’s fourth-largest sandy area. Her life-changing cross-border friendship dates back to 1999. That year, Sakolsky watched a TV report covering Yin’s arduous sand-control work while teaching in China. Deeply moved, he raised 5,000 U.S. dollars to fund her afforestation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation enabled Yin to purchase and plant more than 50,000 saplings. Those saplings have since grown into a sprawling forest, turning barren dunes into thriving green space. Earlier this year, Yin reconnected online with her long-lost American friend, who traveled to China on Sunday to revisit the forest he helped create and meet Yin in person. (Xinhua\/Lian Zhen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A student asks questions during a China-U.S. teacher education exchange symposium at a high school in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky, accompanied by Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker, visited Hohhot in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yin has spent four decades planting trees across northern China’s Maowusu Sandy Land, the country’s fourth-largest sandy area. Her life-changing cross-border friendship dates back to 1999. That year, Sakolsky watched a TV report covering Yin’s arduous sand-control work while teaching in China. Deeply moved, he raised 5,000 U.S. dollars to fund her afforestation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation enabled Yin to purchase and plant more than 50,000 saplings. Those saplings have since grown into a sprawling forest, turning barren dunes into thriving green space. Earlier this year, Yin reconnected online with her long-lost American friend, who traveled to China on Sunday to revisit the forest he helped create and meet Yin in person. (Xinhua\/Lian Zhen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky (C, front) and Yin Yuzhen (L, front) visit the Inner Mongolia Museum in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky, accompanied by Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker, visited Hohhot in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yin has spent four decades planting trees across northern China’s Maowusu Sandy Land, the country’s fourth-largest sandy area. Her life-changing cross-border friendship dates back to 1999. That year, Sakolsky watched a TV report covering Yin’s arduous sand-control work while teaching in China. Deeply moved, he raised 5,000 U.S. dollars to fund her afforestation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation enabled Yin to purchase and plant more than 50,000 saplings. Those saplings have since grown into a sprawling forest, turning barren dunes into thriving green space. Earlier this year, Yin reconnected online with her long-lost American friend, who traveled to China on Sunday to revisit the forest he helped create and meet Yin in person. (Xinhua\/Lian Zhen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky (1st R) visits the Inner Mongolia Museum in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky, accompanied by Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker, visited Hohhot in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yin has spent four decades planting trees across northern China’s Maowusu Sandy Land, the country’s fourth-largest sandy area. Her life-changing cross-border friendship dates back to 1999. That year, Sakolsky watched a TV report covering Yin’s arduous sand-control work while teaching in China. Deeply moved, he raised 5,000 U.S. dollars to fund her afforestation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation enabled Yin to purchase and plant more than 50,000 saplings. Those saplings have since grown into a sprawling forest, turning barren dunes into thriving green space. Earlier this year, Yin reconnected online with her long-lost American friend, who traveled to China on Sunday to revisit the forest he helped create and meet Yin in person. (Xinhua\/Lian Zhen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky takes photos of dinosaur fossils at the Inner Mongolia Museum in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky, accompanied by Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker, visited Hohhot in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yin has spent four decades planting trees across northern China’s Maowusu Sandy Land, the country’s fourth-largest sandy area. Her life-changing cross-border friendship dates back to 1999. That year, Sakolsky watched a TV report covering Yin’s arduous sand-control work while teaching in China. Deeply moved, he raised 5,000 U.S. dollars to fund her afforestation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation enabled Yin to purchase and plant more than 50,000 saplings. Those saplings have since grown into a sprawling forest, turning barren dunes into thriving green space. Earlier this year, Yin reconnected online with her long-lost American friend, who traveled to China on Sunday to revisit the forest he helped create and meet Yin in person. (Xinhua\/Lian Zhen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky (L) interacts with Zhang Xiao, a teacher who took part in China-U.S. teacher exchange activities, during a China-U.S. teacher education exchange symposium at a high school in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky, accompanied by Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker, visited Hohhot in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yin has spent four decades planting trees across northern China’s Maowusu Sandy Land, the country’s fourth-largest sandy area. Her life-changing cross-border friendship dates back to 1999. That year, Sakolsky watched a TV report covering Yin’s arduous sand-control work while teaching in China. Deeply moved, he raised 5,000 U.S. dollars to fund her afforestation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation enabled Yin to purchase and plant more than 50,000 saplings. Those saplings have since grown into a sprawling forest, turning barren dunes into thriving green space. Earlier this year, Yin reconnected online with her long-lost American friend, who traveled to China on Sunday to revisit the forest he helped create and meet Yin in person. (Xinhua\/Lian Zhen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky (1st R) visits the Inner Mongolia Museum in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky, accompanied by Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker, visited Hohhot in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yin has spent four decades planting trees across northern China’s Maowusu Sandy Land, the country’s fourth-largest sandy area. Her life-changing cross-border friendship dates back to 1999. That year, Sakolsky watched a TV report covering Yin’s arduous sand-control work while teaching in China. Deeply moved, he raised 5,000 U.S. dollars to fund her afforestation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation enabled Yin to purchase and plant more than 50,000 saplings. Those saplings have since grown into a sprawling forest, turning barren dunes into thriving green space. Earlier this year, Yin reconnected online with her long-lost American friend, who traveled to China on Sunday to revisit the forest he helped create and meet Yin in person. (Xinhua\/Lian Zhen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky (R, front) shakes hands with a child while visiting the Inner Mongolia Museum in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky, accompanied by Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker, visited Hohhot in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yin has spent four decades planting trees across northern China’s Maowusu Sandy Land, the country’s fourth-largest sandy area. Her life-changing cross-border friendship dates back to 1999. That year, Sakolsky watched a TV report covering Yin’s arduous sand-control work while teaching in China. Deeply moved, he raised 5,000 U.S. dollars to fund her afforestation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation enabled Yin to purchase and plant more than 50,000 saplings. Those saplings have since grown into a sprawling forest, turning barren dunes into thriving green space. Earlier this year, Yin reconnected online with her long-lost American friend, who traveled to China on Sunday to revisit the forest he helped create and meet Yin in person. (Xinhua\/Lian Zhen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky (back) embraces Yin Yuzhen during a China-U.S. teacher education exchange symposium at a high school in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Sakolsky, accompanied by Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker, visited Hohhot in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yin has spent four decades planting trees across northern China’s Maowusu Sandy Land, the country’s fourth-largest sandy area. Her life-changing cross-border friendship dates back to 1999. That year, Sakolsky watched a TV report covering Yin’s arduous sand-control work while teaching in China. Deeply moved, he raised 5,000 U.S. dollars to fund her afforestation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The donation enabled Yin to purchase and plant more than 50,000 saplings. Those saplings have since grown into a sprawling forest, turning barren dunes into thriving green space. Earlier this year, Yin reconnected online with her long-lost American friend, who traveled to China on Sunday to revisit the forest he helped create and meet Yin in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260827\/6b89c1a9ec544585b9b3c04898676ca7\/c.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ronald Sakolsky (C, front) attends a China-U.S. teacher education exchange symposium at a high school in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2026. Ronald Sakolsky, accompanied by Yin Yuzhen, a national model worker, visited Hohhot in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday. Yin has spent four decades planting trees across northern China’s Maowusu Sandy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[2307,34097,34095,22253,34096,34094,34098],"class_list":["post-36585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-china-3","tag-desert-control-2","tag-hohhot-2","tag-inner-mongolia","tag-reunite","tag-sakolsky","tag-yin-yuzhen","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36586,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36585\/revisions\/36586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}