URUMQI, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Gulnara Tolmacheva from Russia has settled down and realized her dream in Karamay, a Chinese city about 1,000 km away from her home in Novosibirsk. Tolmacheva now teaches Russian at the China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
URUMQI, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Diverse varieties of cherries embellishing an orchard in Xamalbag have become a source of vitality for this small village in Mixa Township of Shache County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located on the southwestern edge of China's largest desert, the Taklamakan, Shache County has built a burgeoning cherry industry from root to fruit.
URUMQI, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Sitting in the shade of the grape trellises, 70-year-old Rehman Abdulla wields his chisel knife, expertly carving the hard mulberry wood into the body of a dutar. "I have been making traditional musical instruments for more than 60 years, since I was a kid," said the Uygur man, who has inherited his skills from a long line of traditional instrument makers.
URUMQI, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Street art is taking over Bole, a border city in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Ephemeral and slightly unorthodox, street art has a mixed reputation.
