Turfan

They paved the Silk Route and put up a parking lot

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September 24th 2007
Camping at Karakuli & The Zen of Rubbish Collecting "No pictures," commands a young officer in an olive green uniform and just out of diapers . "I only want to photograph the mountains, and they're on the Pakistani side anyways." "No pictures!" Welcome to the People's Republic of China. One by one passing the officers, we file into a shed to show our passports and have our bags ... read more

Asia » China » Xinjiang

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more