The Delta Star Express, a tourist train featuring cozy accommodations, departed Tuesday from Shanghai, carrying nearly 200 passengers for an 18-day tour to northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
2026-05-20
As music echoed through the stadium in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, thousands of fans filled the stands for the opening ceremony of the Xinjiang Football Super League on Saturday night, waving flags and chanting in celebration of a sport deeply rooted in life across northwest China.
2026-05-19
East of Alar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, across the Tarim River, the city's green landscape gives way to an expanse of ocher. This is the northern edge of China's largest desert, the Taklimakan, one of the thresholds where ancient Silk Road travelers once stepped into the sea of sand.
2026-05-18
Zafar Uddin Mahmood, special representative of the Prime Minister of Pakistan for China Affairs, said that the economic development and prosperity of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are exemplary in the world.
2026-05-13
How many hectares of cotton can two people plant? In northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Ai Haipeng and Ling Lei, both born in the 1990s, have a striking answer -- 200 hectares.
2026-05-11
An exhibition of artifacts and artworks from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region opened at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens on Thursday, highlighting the rich cultural exchanges that flourished along the ancient Silk Road.
2026-05-09
At Xieyite Primary School, located on the Pamir Plateau, just 47 kilometers from China's border with Kyrgyzstan, a team of 28 volunteer teachers has become the backbone of education for local children.
2026-05-07
Since the launch of the "Go West" program in 2003, about 15,000 university graduate volunteers from Shanxi province have been sent to western China, including 6,293 deployed to the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
2026-05-06