Erica Hunter, a scholar from the University of Cambridge, attends the symposium titled Towards Anxi from Afar: Academic Symposium on Qiuci Studies, in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 31, 2026.
URUMQI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- In the arid hinterland of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a reed-fringed pond is producing something typically associated with coastal waters, namely oysters.
Ablekim Musa (L) and Zhou Jinshan talk in Daxi Village, Yuli County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 2, 2026.
URUMQI, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Once a thriving crossroads on the Silk Road in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the ancient kingdom of Kucha has left traces of its rich history in museums and collections around the world.
