As one of the first pineers who volunteered to cultivate Xinjiang's Gobi desert in 1961, Lian Tianyou seems to have gone back to 50 years ago.
Never attending a school and learning sewing until her 20s, Jianati, from Kazak ethnic group, owns a sewing store of more than a dozen employees in Tuoli town, Tacheng area in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. She calls herself "a typical workaholic."
People who founded a technology giant, such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook, were none exceptionally young when they first started out. And this holds true to the owner of Qarluq Media Technology in Urumqi.
"Ku ka ku la" - sounds familiar? That's how Coca-Cola is pronounced in Uygur. China is the only country in the world where Coca-Cola packages its drinks in two languages: Chinese and Uygur. China Daily reporter Feng Xin takes you to explore Coca-Cola's journey to Xinjiang.