Kurbanjan Samat: The Photographer

正KURBANJAN Samat couldn’t sleep on the night of March 1,2014,after hearing news that 29 people had been killed by eight Uygur assailants at Kunming Railway Station in Yunnan Province.Authorities identified the assailants as part of separatist forces from Xinjiang     

Uygur and Han Students Unite against Mobs

When Han rioters came crashing through the gates of the Xinjiang Medical University （XMU） in the region＇s capital, students and teachers from the same ethnic group formed a wall to protect their Uygur fellows from the mob.     

Gateway to Shared Prosperity

正Emerging from the fogs of terrorism, Xinjiang develops its tourism industry with a focus on rural areas Wuerhe, located 90 km from downtown Karamay City in the northern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is home to some 50,000 people from 10 ethnic groups, including Han, Mongolian and Uygur.     

Book Information

Complete Collection of Avanti Tales
Avanti popular in Xinjiang and internationally. It counts as the world＇s top Avanti publication in terms of the number of tales, breadth of action, and completeness of content. Most of the tales will be fresh to Chinese readers, being translations from Uygur, Uzbek, Turkish, Persian and Arabic texts.     

Xinjiang Middle School Students in Singapore

At the invitation of the Singapore-China Friendship Association (SCFA), a 13-member friendship delegation of middle school students from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, organized and sent by the Xinjiang People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (XPAFFC), visited Singapore from August 10 to 19.     

ALL SMILES ABOARD

正Attendants and passengers celebrate the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Xinjiang section of the Lanzhou-Urumqi High-Speed Railway, the first high-speed rail link in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, on the train D8804 from Urumqi to Hami on November 16. The railway has altogether carried 30.75 million passengers, according to railway authorities.     

The Truth About Xinjiang Cotton

Recently, the Chinese have started to boycott several foreign companies that are refusing to use cotton from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. These companies alleged that Xinjiang cotton is a product of "forced labor."     

Thai Minister of Commerce Krai Jirapaet Visits China

At the invitation of the CPAFFC,Krai Jirapaet,Thai minister of commerce,led an eight-member delegation to visit the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from August 12 to 17.In     

Xinjiang''s Promising Future

Economic conditions are improving in Xinjiang in the aftermath of the financial crisis and July 5 riot last year According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous     

ONE-WAY TICKET TO PROSPERITY

<正>Transitions from farm to factory help to reduce poverty in south Xinjiang Uygur women in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,northwest China,are well known across the nation for their long braided hair and dancing talent.Raziya Kadir,though,deviates from the stereotype by virtue of her short hair,and her appearance often gives people the impression that she has a somewhat selfwilled disposition.So,the major life change     

Xinjiang A New Chapter

The past decade has seen big changes in Xinjiang,the Uygur autonomous region in northwest China where 58 percent of locals hail from ethnic minority groups.Kurbanjan Samat,Uygur native and well-known documentary maker,honored his own commitment to publishing a series of documentaries and accompanying books on the people of the region to battle the external bias against his hometown.     

Facts Show July 5 Riot “Far Beyond Ordinary Violent Matter”

Nearly two weeks after the July 5 riot in Urumqi of northwest China＇s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, social order and people＇s lives are returning to normal. Yet in retrospect, a mass of evidences show that the unrest was a wellplanned violent criminal incident of terrorist nature.     

Tracing the Song of the Dolan People

Walking into Ayimak
Alter learning that a village in Aksu City of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region might be the Dolan people＇s potential place of origin, I enthusiastically embarked on my quest to explore the region with a mind imploding of questions.     

BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir in China

Brigham Young University Hawaii Concert Choir of 107 members headed by its President Eric Shumway paid a visit to Urumqi,Xi'an and Beijing from May 8 to 24,2007. Kurax Mahesut,vice chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur     

Sealing in the Flavor

<正>New documentary takes viewers on a food tour of Xinjiang What does the daily diet of Xinjiangers look like?And how did some of these dishes go on to become foodie favorites well beyond the borders of China’s westernmost region?The new documentary Tales of Xinjiang Cuisine (Xinjiang Ziwei) paints a full picture of foods from all over Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that will tease the tastebuds of gluttons.Many of its discoveries will even come as a surprise to locals,     

The Freedom to Prosper

At the mere mention of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, manyChinese may likely be reminded of a popular Uygur folk song eulogizingthis vast bountiful land in the country's western frontier.But apart from its rich natural endowments, Xinjiang also takes great     

Foreign Envoys in Xinjiang

Senior diplomats from permanent missions of eight countries to the United Nations Office at Geneva visited northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on February 16-19 at the invitation of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Edited excerpts of a Xinhua News Agency report on the visit follow.     

Place of Ethnic Fusion

UMAR Abdurehim of the Uygur ethnic group, aged 65, livesin Kuqa County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Facing the gate in the courtyard of his home is a row of buildings: from right to left a sitting room, bedrooms and kitchen. In front of the house is a five-meter-wide carpeted corridor. Umar‘s two-year-old grandson swings playfully on a long rope hanging from the trellis. A household specializing in tourism, the family receives countless tourists. The child is obviously accustomed to visitors and poses for photographs like a professional.     

URUMQI RIOT： BACKSTORY

ON July 5 deadly violence erupted in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China＇s far west, killing 192 people and wounding 1721 others, according to statistics up to July 15. A total of 627 vehicles and 633 buildings were damaged. The nation was overwhelmed with shock at the wrath displayed. In the early morning of July 8, President Hu Jintao cut short his Gg summit trip to return to Beijing, where he chaired an emergency meeting of the CPC Political Bureau Standing Committee, convened to address maintaining social stability in Xinjiang.     

Far Out,Way In

Minority students from remote places in Xinjiang flock to more developed regions for a short at better education In the vast and sparsely populated Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China’s northwest more than half of the residents are members of minority ethnic groups with native languages other than Mandarin Chinese. Education is complicated by the region’s linguistic, geographic and socioeconomic conditions. "In my hometown,educational resources are scarce and dropout rates are very high," said Merhaba,a 13-year-old Uygur girl from Kashgar Prefecture."Almost all my cousins dropped out after middle school or even primary school. My brother and I are the only ones to go out of Kashgar for education." Merhaba is a student at No.66 Middle School in Urumqi,the capital city of Xinjiang.Her exam scores earned her admission to the elite