uyghur woman

People Watching

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May 18th 2008
Still alive if anyone wonders:S The earthquake was near enough to feel the shake, but far enouch to do any harm. Anyway, right now I'm in Urumqi, Xinjiang provence, a place where most foreigners don't go to when they are in China and probably a wonder to alot of chinese too. Xinjiang is mixpot of chinese ethnic minorities, with uyghurs as the leading one (around 9 million of population), thus ... read more

Asia » China » Xinjiang » Urumqi

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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