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Xinjiang deploys 108-arm robot for cotton topping, slashes labor costs

This undated photo shows a 108-arm robot designed for cotton topping in Shihezi City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua) URUMQI, July 22 (Xinhua) -- It has 108 mechanical arms, rolls through cotton fields like a slow-moving tank, and performs more than 300,000 snips an hour.

Xinjiang records surging entry-exit trips in first half of year

URUMQI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- More than 2.4 million entry-exit personnel were inspected at ports of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the first half of 2026, marking a 33.

In Xinjiang, visiting int'l media leaders see a region in motion

A delegation of 17 media representatives from 14 countries visits the Urumqi International Land Port Area in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 29, 2026. (Photo by Zhang Jiawei/Xinhua) URUMQI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- From the observation deck at the Urumqi International Land Port Area, Xinjiang looked less like a distant frontier than a region in motion.

Museum of winged reptiles set to open in China's Xinjiang

BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- A museum themed on pterosaurs, a winged reptile closely related to dinosaurs, will open in September in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. According to Wang Xiaolin, a researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the museum is currently under construction in a national geopark in Hami City, a place renowned for its abundant pterosaur fossil discoveries.

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