URUMQI, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Mirbek Terebek, 23, has lived a nomadic life since he was a child, traveling on horseback throughout the year in search of water and pastures for his family's livestock. But the Kazak herder, who never even saw a plane when he was little, has since explored the world beyond the grasslands of his youth and become a helicopter pilot at a popular tourist destination in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Red Cross Foundation (CRCF) is set to complete its 2025 "Angels Tour," a large-scale congenital heart disease screening campaign in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China, by May, with more than 9,000 children expected to be examined, the organization said Wednesday. Scheduled from March through May, the initiative has seen several volunteer medical teams tour various parts of Xinjiang, conducting free screenings for children with suspected congenital heart conditions.
BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- An event hosted by northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Beijing on Monday gathered 70 foreign envoys sharing their own views on Xinjiang with firsthand experiences. These diplomats from 43 countries and international organizations in China told their stories with Xinjiang, using statistics and what they saw.
URUMQI, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Abitanov Adil, a 29-year-old Kazakh businessman, recently recovered from a fractured left leg and was discharged from a hospital in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. A month after the injury, his wound had not shown any signs of healing.
