URUMQI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Aytuna Ablikim, 29, remembers the old crowded coaches that used to carry travelers over four days and three nights from Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to Hotan City in the south of the region. Two drivers aboard would take turns steering to stay alert and guarantee the safety of their passengers.
URUMQI, June 29 (Xinhua) -- A multi-ethnic amateur basketball team named The Commanders is well-known in the amateur basketball courts of Urumqi, the capital city of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. "People know us not because we play well, but because we have played together for over 10 years," said Make, captain of The Commanders and a barber from the Hui ethnic group.
URUMQI, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Azizi Turkhon, a native of Yutian County in southern Xinjiang, burst into a rosy smile as he described his current life. "Rose has not only increased our income but it has also improved the quality of our lives," said 32-year-old Azizi Turkhon.
URUMQI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Amid dynamic music and Uygur dancing, Kurbanjan Rouzi picked up a special brush pen and wrote Uygur language on rice paper at the east gate of the ancient city of Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Yang Yongcai, a local calligrapher of Chinese characters standing beside, wrote the corresponding translation in Chinese characters: happiness comes from hard work.
