Tag: Uyghur region
Lively central square
Kashgar central square at night offers some street food and a fresh breeze after the burning sun of the day. Credit: The Editorial Find all of our photos… [...]
Chinese tourist
A Chinese tourist taking a picture with a Uyghur hat next to an old uyghur musician in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang. Credit: The Editorial Find all of our… [...]
Traditional Tapchan
A traditional tapchan, or karvat in Uyghur, a table on a large bed for eating and drinking outdoors. This is the way to relax when the heat of summer strikes… [...]
Caves of a thousand Buddhas
The Bezeklik caves have been build and decorated with thousand buddhas between the 5th and the 14th century, in the north east of the Taklamakan desert in one… [...]
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American researcher banned from entry into Kazakhstan for five years
In an announcement made on September 4, the founder of Xinjiang Victims Database, which gathers information on the Uyghur victims of Chinese repression, stated that he has been banned from… [...]
Traditional bread
A bread-maker taking out some traditional Naan bread from the oven near the city of Turpan in the center of the Uyghur region of western China. Credit: Editorial Team… [...]
Kids playing
Kids playing in one of the old streets of Kashgar in the Uyghur region of western China. Credit: The editorial staffFind all of our photos of the… [...]