Last month, on a reporting trip through Xinjiang, I noticed something that repeated itself all over the region: newly planted trees, still thin-trunked, lining highways cut through what had recently been open desert.
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The 2026 World AI Conference (WAIC) and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance was held in Shanghai on July 17-20. The day before the event, representatives from 29 countries signed an agreement to establish the World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO).
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Xi urges pooling strength of overseas Chinese to build strong country, advance national rejuvenation
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged pooling the strength of overseas Chinese and those who have returned to China to contribute to building China into a strong country and advancing national rejuvenation.
July 28, 2026
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China recently launched the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft, aboard which a series of space experiments will be conducted in orbit. For this purpose, samples and equipment for nine scientific projects, with a total weight of 54.1 kg, have been transported into space.
July 28, 2026
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Traditional Chinese medicine is quietly becoming a kind of universal language. Tai chi, qigong and cupping, practices refined over millennia, are now moving far beyond China's borders and slipping into contemporary wellness routines worldwide.
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For centuries, Xinjiang was understood primarily through the vocabulary of the Silk Road—a passageway for goods and ideas moving between civilizations.
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Xinjiang's development must be planned and advanced as an integrated whole, with south Xinjiang serving as a strategic fulcrum. The region's broader development strategy hinges on tapping the full potential of this key area.
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More than 100 days of sandstorms each year. Thick clouds of dust carried by wind often darkened the sky, necessitating lights even during the day. The world's second largest shifting-sand desert, sitting just 6 km from the city of Aksu, advanced by nearly 5 meters annually.
July 28, 2026
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In Shache County, Kashi (Kashgar) Prefecture, stands the Memorial Mausoleum of Amannisa Khan, erected to honor the 16th-century Uygur poet who compiled and systematized the Twelve Muqams, a canon of classical Uygur music.
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In June, an international delegation embarked on a week-long journey across Xinjiang, one of China's most culturally rich and geographically diverse regions.
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On a spring morning at the southeastern edge of the Taklimakan Desert, 52-year-old Aimaier walked slowly along an irrigation canal, a shovel resting on his shoulder.
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My name is Liu Meiyi. I was born in Shanshan County, Tulufan (Turpan), and moved to Urumqi at the age of eight. I'm a third-generation "Xinjianger."
July 28, 2026
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For many people outside China, Xinjiang is best known for its snow-capped mountains, sweeping grasslands, fertile oases and the vast Taklimakan Desert. Less familiar are the expanses of saline-alkali land scattered across some of its arid farming areas, where generations of farmers struggled against a single, stubborn obstacle: salt.
July 28, 2026
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The Emin River in Tacheng Prefecture lay frozen amid a bitter wind in February 2008. Yiliyaer Yili, then head of public security in Tasierhai Village, was patrolling the riverbank when he spotted something he had never seen in winter before: two wild swans.
July 28, 2026
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In this piece, two international travelers capture the vibrant essence of Xinjiang, from spontaneous invitations to join folk dances to the heartfelt warmth of local children, artisans and vendors.
July 28, 2026
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We arrived while there was still light. Not the murderous light of the Tulufan (Turpan) afternoon, that particular sun that turns the Taklimakan into an iron skillet, but the softer, amber light of early evening, when the loess walls of Jiaohe glow as if lit from within.
July 28, 2026
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Xinjiang is vast and sprawling, with most prefectures and counties lying hundreds or even more than 1,000 km away from the regional capital, Urumqi.
July 28, 2026
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Looking back at the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture has reason to be proud of its progress across all sectors.
July 28, 2026
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China's National Pavilion has launched an open call for curatorial proposals for the 2027 Venice International Architecture Biennale, which will be held in Venice from May to November 2027.
July 28, 2026
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China will expand services and support for people with autism, from early screening and rehabilitation to education, employment, and family assistance, during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), an official said Monday.
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