Tag: Xinjiang
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… [...]
Mosque under surveillance
A mosque, a flag and a surveillance camera in the old… [...]
Stone fort
The 1400-year-old stone fort of Tashkurgan in Xinjiang next to the border with Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is located on the road connecting the… [...]
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Spices in Kashgar
Some men buying spices at a shop in the old town of Kashgar, in the Xinjiang province of China. Credit: The editorial Find all… [...]
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… [...]
Karakorum Highway
The beginning of the Karakorum Highway near Kashgar linking Pakistan to the Uyghur region of western China as well as Tajikistan. Credit: The Editorial Find… [...]
Turpan old streets
The old streets of Turpan have lots of these tall brick-build building on the second floor, used to dry the raisins which is one of the best known specialty of… [...]
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… [...]
Kashgar Uyghurs
Two Uyghur men sitting on a bench near the old town of Kashgar in the Uyghur region of western China called Xinjiang in Chinese. Credit: Editorial Find… [...]
Colorful Tiles
Some details of colorful tiles on the Aba Khoja Mausoleum, dating back from the 17th century, it is one of the holiest place for muslims in Xinjiang. Credit:… [...]