Deep in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 337,000-square-km Taklamakan Desert is the world's second largest shifting sand desert and is known as the "sea of death" across China. In the Uygur language, its name means "go in and you won't come out.
The undated photo shows vibrant colors add beauty to Korla City after the rain, in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Korla has ramped up efforts to shore up ecological protection and green development in recent years.
Live-streaming e-commerce is booming in Kashgar, northwest China’s Xinjiang autonomous region. People in Xinjiang sell local products such as nang flatbread online, which sells well across China and nearby countries.
There is a saying in Kashgar that goes，“One who has never been to Kashgar has never been to Xinjiang.” Kashgar, the westernmost city in China, was the center of Uygur civilization for centuries, a place where people came together to trade and spread Islamic learning, on the caravan routes from Europe and Persia to China.
