For decades, Xu Shuangmin had barely ventured beyond her community, confined to a comfortable 5-km radius in the central city of Wuhan. But at the age of 67, and fresh off her retirement, she stunned everyone with a decision to travel 4,000 km northwest, embarking on a new chapter as a volunteer teacher.
2024-12-05The Khunjerab Pass, a land port on the China-Pakistan border in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, will operate year-round starting Sunday, according to local sources.
2024-12-02The Taklimakan Desert, known as the "Sea of Death", has been completely encircled by a sand-blocking green belt that stretched 3,046 kilometers as of Thursday morning, in Hotan prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
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