COP21, a major UN conference on climate change, will open later this month in Paris. Its success will depend partly on China, which has in the past opposed binding CO2 emissions cuts for developing countries. But anticipation is mounting, as China has set its very first emission reduction target.

NHK World's Masashi Yamaguchi visited a remote desert in the country to find out whether that goal is achievable.

The documentary "Nowhere to Call Home: A Tibetan in Beijing" is attracting attention worldwide. Over 6 million Tibetans live in China's Tibet Autonomous Region and 4 adjacent provinces. Chinese government authorities tightened control over Tibetan religious activities after clashes between monks and police in the region erupted into violence in 2008.