Tuyugou is not a name that is familiar to tourists. Visitors to the popular city of Turpan are often ignorant of this small place tucked in a mountain valley some 50 km away.
Although Muslims only account for 1.5 percent of China's population, their absolute number is not to be underestimated: 20 million.
In an effort to preserve the Mongolian Jangar traditional folk art and make it a renowned cultural emblem of Hebukesaier Mongol autonomous prefecture, the local authority introduced an unprecedented measure to run a Jangar junior performance training school.
In addition to practicing exercises during morning breaks, students at Xinjiang Hebukesaier Mongol autonomous county's Chengguan primary school now have another way to make their bodies strong—the traditional Jangar dance.
Dangbu and his wife happily dress themselves up on the day they move into their new bungalow house. The Mongolian couple never imagined they’d be able to live in a cozy place like this.
Senior high school education might soon be made free of cost for students in Kashgar, Hotan and Kezilesu Kirgiz prefectures, the three most underdeveloped regions in southern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, officials said Wednesday.
Two terrorists who attacked police on Aug 4 in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have been sentenced to death by a local court, the Supreme People's Court said yesterday.
A month after a brutal terrorist attack near its front entrance, the three-storey Yijin Motel in this largely Uygur city re-opened for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The gun and explosives found at the site of Monday's attack that killed 16 policemen in Kashgar point to the involvement of East Turkistan terrorists.
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