Why is China building huge structures in the middle of the desert?

[zdenka]

Those old Soviet satellites that China uses should be working properly just as the Soyuz capsule sent Chinese into space. Gotta love those Russians. :1orglaugh

 

[MarsAshes]

Here's the Daily Mail follow-up, although the bottom half seems to be just a repeat of their previous article.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ned-Objects-likely-spy-satellite-targets.html