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Herdsman kept busy with Belt and Road business

Herdsman Musa Purkhan checks out his horses in Simuhana village in Wuqia County of the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Hao Zhao) URUMQI, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Herdsman Musa Purkhan is in great demand in Simuhana, China's westernmost administrative village, with port staff, village officials and tourists always seeking him out for some job or other.

Cotton farmers taking to the skies with drone technology

URUMQI, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Yang Haoran's job is probably every little boy's dream: the young technician spends most of his days flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the vast croplands in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Since the spring sowing of cotton seeds commenced in the northern areas of Xinjiang, Yang has been fully occupied with operating his fleet of drones, which are capable of covering over 200,000 square meters of cotton fields.

The "ute prince" who witnessed changes behind the wheel

URUMQI, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Alimjan Dawut, from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has covered a distance seven times the length of the equator in 33 months, driving his sixth ute pickup. Pointing at the odometer showing 286,800 kilometers, the 34-year-old man working for a local transportation company told Xinhua that he was mostly shuttling between Kashgar City and the Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan.

Ancient Karez wells still nourishing Xinjiang people

URUMQI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A constant theme through Uygur Eskander Kadir's long life is the local system of ancient Karez wells, which he has helped to maintain and protect, enjoying the fresh water since childhood. "We are the children of Karez wells," said the 73-year-old resident of Baxbala Karzi Village in the city of Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

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