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It is said that you won't know how vast China is until you visit the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Spread across nearly 1.67 million square kilometers, it is the size of three Frances or more than four Japans.
2026-10-09
International coffee chain giant Starbucks on Tuesday opened two stores in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, marking its debut in the region and the latest expansion in China, its second-largest market after the United States.
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The second China-Central Asia Meteorological Cooperation Forum opened in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, bringing together meteorological officials and experts to discuss cooperation on disaster prevention, mitigation and meteorological technology.
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Freight trains running on Yiwu-Xinjiang-Europe have carried 200,460 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, of imports and exports so far this year, Hangzhou Customs in Zhejiang Province said Thursday, citing data through Wednesday.
2026-10-10
A full-power-shift high-horsepower tractor and a large grain combine harvester developed by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corporation Limited (CRCHI) have gone into mass production in Urumqi in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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Two large groundwater reserves have recently been discovered in the Taklimakan Desert in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, offering new insights into whether underground water resources can sustainably support the long-term development of desert areas, the Global Times learned from the Xinjiang Geological Bureau's hydrology and environmental geology survey center on Wednesday.
2026-09-22
On the morning of Sept 13, the 2026 Urumqi Marathon drew 15,000 runners from across China to the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
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A group of young boxers from 27 countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative are training in Korla, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, ahead of the 2026 "Belt and Road" International Youth Boxing Gala and "Sports Lottery Cup" China Xinjiang International Boxing Invitational Tournament, which is set to run from Thursday to Sept 28.
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Tomatoes are entering harvest season inside smart greenhouses at the Horgos Modern Agricultural Science and Technology Industrial Park in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The greenhouses sit in the Ili River Valley, at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains.
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Datkaiym Alparova, who hails from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, is majoring in international economics and trade at Xinjiang Normal University. Entering her senior year, the 21-year-old undergraduate began receiving practical training on cross-border e-commerce livestreaming at the Urumqi Bonded Exhibition and Trading Center.
2026-09-16
The world's first museum dedicated to pterosaurs, the flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs, opened on Sunday in Hami, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2026-09-15