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Brian Mikael Cheng

Brian Mikael Cheng

Intern
Brian Mikael joined the Post at the start of 2022 as a part-time intern. He has then joined the video team in the summer of 2023 as a video intern. Although passionate about making connections through writing and film, he strives to maintain a light-hearted approach.
Brian Mikael joined the Post at the start of 2022 as a part-time intern. He has then joined the video team in the summer of 2023 as a video intern. Although passionate about making connections through writing and film, he strives to maintain a light-hearted approach.
Areas of Expertise:
Video production, content editing, online media
Languages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Tagalog

Video | China’s Great Green Wall halts desert spread

This picture taken on August 12, 2025 shows an aerial view of the contrast between the green zone and the desert landscape of the Kubuqi Desert, in Ordos, in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region. China’s “Great Green Wall” campaign initially aimed to contain the expansion of deserts in the arid north caused by intensive farming, grazing, mining and climate change. But in some places the goal has now evolved into creating new arable land, and the project combines large-scale tree planting with sowing drought-resistant creepers, and even installing vast solar arrays to limit wind and shade plants. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) / TO GO WITH ‘CHINA-ENVIRONMENT-CLIMATE-ECONOMY-GREEN WALL, REPORTAGE’ BY ADRIEN SIMORRE AND AGATHA CANTRILL
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The project has reversed decades of desertification, but scientists warn the battle is far from over.

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