URUMQI, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Muslims in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are observing the fasting month of Ramadan "normally and freely," local imams said on Sunday. This year's Ramadan began on April 13.
Worshippers pray in the Ak Mosque in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on April 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Sun Shaoxiong) URUMQI, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Muslims in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region began observing Ramadan on Tuesday under regular anti-COVID-19 measures.
A staff member checks a China-Europe freight train in Alataw Pass, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 7, 2021.
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a major cotton base in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has been improving the quality of cotton by introducing new cotton varieties and advancing farming technologies and facilities. File photo taken on March 27 shows a seeder planting cotton seeds in a field in Yeyungou village, Luntai county, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
