Children have fun in a cole flower field in Zhaosu County, Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge) URUMQI, July 22 (Xinhua) -- As the sun falls below the horizon and stars begin to sparkle amid the soothing moonlight, holiday-goers to the Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili in Xinjiang, cannot help humming a melodious song "Night on the Prairie.
URUMQI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- A new youth football training base, supported by the city of Shenzhen, has opened in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, providing a platform for over 400 local children to train during this summer. The base, constructed with an investment of 100 million yuan (13.
URUMQI, July 14 (Xinhua) -- China has scheduled over 150 special tourist trains bound for the country's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in 2024, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The first such tourist train arrived in Xinjiang's Shihezi City on Friday, four days after departing from Nanchang in south China's Jiangxi Province.
URUMQI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Settling on the edge of the Taklimakan Desert, China's largest desert known as the "Sea of Death," the village of Ayagadun, in Hotan County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, got its name from the harsh environment which means "the last sand mound." Though situated at an altitude suitable for rice growing, lack of fund and technology to modernize its irrigation system and infrastructure has long shackled local residents in poverty.
