In Kashgar's old town, a bowl of salted milk tea costs about as much as a bus ticket and buys an entire afternoon. A look at ...
A journey through Kashgar's old bazaar and Urumqi's night market reveals how naan, grapes, music, and daily trade connect Xinjiang's many communities. ...
No hotels, no itinerary. A felt yurt, a solar panel, three hundred sheep and a Kazakh family in the Ili Valley who let me milk mares ...
In a Hotan classroom, Uyghur children switch effortlessly between Mandarin and Uyghur as they talk about their dreams. A firsthand look at bilingual education on the ...
In China's far west, a new generation of workers is shaping the China-Europe freight train story. From customs brokers to truck drivers, here's how they live ...
In the narrow lanes of Kashgar's Old City, a Uyghur copper smith still uses hand hammers and fire to shape teapots that have defined Uyghur hospitality ...
In China's largest processing tomato region, a single machine can do the work of a hundred pickers. We follow the harvest from a dawn field to ...
A ride-along with a cotton harvester operator in northern Xinjiang, from a 5:40 a.m. spindle check to a 2.2-tonne cotton module rolling onto the stubble — ...
As temperatures drop to -20°C, herders in Altay, Xinjiang, embark on a centuries-old seasonal migration. But this year, they’re not riding horses—they’re on motorcycles, with drones ...
Discover how snow lotus, a rare alpine flower, is transforming lives in Xinjiang. From wild harvesting to sustainable farming, see how this unique plant supports local ...