Students from different ethnic groups read a story from their textbooks at the No 2 Primary School in Zepu county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Oct 25, 2010.
One family, 45 members and seven ethnic groups - this is the family Bai Xiuzhen has seen grown.The family of four generations are now composed of Chinese, Hui, Kazak, Russian, Uygur, Daur and Tatar people.
Women of the Uygur ethnic group show their long hair at the opening ceremony of the First 'Pearl of Silk Road – Kashgar' International Tourism & Culture Festival in Kashgar.
Ethnic integration should be the ultimate goal in Xinjiang policy as the central government launches new economic development programs in the Uygur-dominated far western region, a leading professor said during an interview with South Wind Window, or Nanfengchuang magazine.
The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has decided to popularize bilingual education in its southern region and rural areas.
Candidates for government jobs in Xinjiang must be able to communicate in both Chinese and the local language, regional authorities said Friday.
The Chinese government has never squeezed the Uygur people out of Xinjiang, an expert said Thursday.
Modern Uygur people can trace their ancestors back to the nomadic tribes who lived in the area of Lake Baikal and the Irtish River further north of today's Mongolia about 200 BC, contemporaneously with the Han Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom.
Teaching Mandarin to students in the remote Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was helping the fight against terrorism, chairman of the autonomous region Nur Bekri said.
If you have only one night's stay in Urumqi, capital city of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, one way to savor authentic Uygur culture is to take in a performance of "Hello Nasreddin Apandim".
Mamat Reyim showed a keen interest in the Koran at age 8.
How does a one-time primary school dropout get to be the general manager and proprietor of one of the most popular and upmarket restaurant chains in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region?
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