URUMQI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- On the Pamir Plateau, where herds graze the slopes and wheat has long sustained villages, asparagus was never part of the story.
URUMQI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Though in his late fifties, Jeneshan Salapi, an ethnic Kazakh herdsman, moves with the fluid grace of youth when performing the traditional eagle dance of the ethnic group.
URUMQI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- This summer, 18-year-old Uygur girl Aydina Yasen was overjoyed to receive her admission letter to the Konghou program at a conservatory in northeast China, offering her the chance to further study the ancient Chinese musical instrument she has loved since childhood.
URUMQI, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Despite the scorching summer heat, rows of apple trees thrive along the southern edge of China's largest desert, the Taklimakan, heavy with fruit and fragrant with sweetness. This flourishing orchard in Yuquan Town, Kunyu City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has experienced a green transformation from barren sand.