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.
URUMQI, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A green corridor has been created through afforestation in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, serving as a sand shield for the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway, which runs through the southern rim of the Taklimakan Desert. A total of 50 million square meters of grass grids have been laid and 13 million shrub and tree seedlings have been planted, stretching 300 kilometers along the railway and covering the section most prone to sandstorms, according to the Xinjiang Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway Co.
