John Coles, managing director of a London-based travel agency, said he had heard a lot, sometimes quite negative things, from Western media about China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region before he set his feet on the land for the first time. "But for me, one of the great thrills of traveling is to go and see things with my own eyes."
2025-08-04Jointly developed by China Huadian Corp Ltd and China Resources Group, the project supports electricity transmission from energy-rich Xinjiang to other parts of the country, including energy-hungry Chongqing.
2025-06-17Alashankou and Horgos, two major railway hubs in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, had recorded a combined total of more than 10,000 China-Europe (Central Asia) freight train trips this year as of Monday, according to China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd.
2025-07-29Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw its foreign trade expand 28 percent year on year to a record 280.8 billion yuan (about 39.3 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2025, local customs authorities said on Friday.
2025-07-28To mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the local residents hosted a grand festival to showcase their material wealth, as well as the spirit of unity and progress of all ethnic groups in the region.
2025-07-23A performance of the original Chinese dance drama In the Distance, Here, which incorporates elements from various ethnic dances, officially kicked off the 7th China Xinjiang International Dance Festival on Sunday in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
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