Faces of China: Xinjiang cotton farmer embraces modern harvesting-China Xinjiang

Faces of China: Xinjiang cotton farmer embraces modern harvesting

2025-11-12source：Xinhua

From picking cotton by hand to operating farm machinery, Halik Niyaz's journey mirrors a broader change sweeping across the farmlands in China's Xinjiang.

Faces of China: Xinjiang cotton farmer embraces modern harvesting

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