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Chinese soldiers stationed in Kashgar

By the end of the year, NATO forces will withdraw from China’s neighbor Afghanistan, a move that is likely to add new pressures to the security situation on China’s western frontiers. This sensitive area marks the confluence of borders shared by China, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The Silk Road, Kashgar Western China

Kashgar is an ancient city, the most Westerly in China. The population are the Uyghurs, who originated in Central Asia. Kashgar was important on the Silk road, linking China to Europe and the Middle Eats.

kashgar on the way to taxkorgan, xinjiang, china

kashgar on the way to taxkorgan, xinjiang, china

Travel to Kashgar! Josh's Top Recommendations in Xinjiang's Best Silk Road Oasis

Experience what it's like to travel to Kashgar and learn what's worth seeing while you're there. Josh provides his top recommendations for this top Silk Road destination. Read more:

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Kashgar, Xinjiang

Kashgar, Xinjiang

K2 North Face Trek In China - Aghil Pass To Kerqin

Trek down from the Aghil Pass 4810m to the Shaksgam Valley and River to Kerqin Camp 3968m with mountain and limestone hills and small flowers growing in the campsite

The old Silk Road city of Kashgar in China’s far west is a crucial gate to guard

The old Silk Road city of Kashgar in China’s far west is a crucial gate to guard against terrorist infiltration from neighboring Afghanistan. CCTV’s Han Peng brings us the story of one couple who decided this would be the perfect place to get married.

#Kashgar #Xinjiang #SilkRoad #terrorists #terrorism #China #border #Afghanistan #Chinesesoldier #love

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fantastic, love conquests al !

Ah yes, the old Silk Road. I wonder if this was also the one taken by Marco Polo.

They said love had no barrier for them

Please seal and killed who entered !

Silk Road is the Holy Path of the ancient time. .


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Kashgar, China crossing 2014

Last days in China, busy Kashgar, Bazars, Shashlik and lights

The Music of China's Nomads - Part 1: Urumqi, the Urban Setting

The search for the most traditional sounds of Chinas Kazakhs starts in the bustling and sophisticated city of Urumqi, the provincial capital of western Xinjiang Province. According to Chinas 2000 census, of Urumqis more than 2 million inhabitants, only 2.3 percent are Kazakhs. Han Chinese account for 75.3 percent of the population, while Uighurs comprise another 12.8 percent. Since July 5, Urumqi has been the scene of interethnic unrest.

Kazakhs are struggling to maintain their distinct cultural identity in Xinjiang. Not only are demographics working against them, but their traditional pastoral and nomadic ways are running hard up against the reality of urbanization. Although Kazakhs have much in common with Uighurs, including the Muslim faith and their speaking of mutually intelligible Turkic languages, their cultures nevertheless are different. And Kazakhs want to keep it that way. Having survived the trauma of Chinas Cultural Revolution, some Kazakhs are taking advantage of reforms introduced in the 1980s, and are making a spirited attempt to revive and preserve their traditions.

Music has become a main avenue for cultural revival efforts. The Kazakhs musical tradition centers on a two-stringed instrument, the dömbra. These days, Kazakh-language television stations, broadcasting out of Urumqi, provide almost daily concerts and shows featuring the dömbra. The instrument is also found in most Kazakh homes, regardless of whether or not it is played. Book and CD stores in central Urumqi sell the recordings and posters of dömbra-masters, along with posters of Kazakh folk heros and leaders.

The revival in popularity of the dömbra has come to symbolize the Kazakh communitys cultural struggle in Xinjiang. And since the Soviet collapse of 1991, it has also helped foster cross-border ties with ethnic kin in Kazakhstan proper.

In the following photo essay, Han Chinese ethnomusicologist, Professor Zhou Ji, a leading expert on the music of Xinjiangs ethnic communities, discusses the importance of the dömbra in the Kazakh community. He also highlights the instruments role in transmitting the Kazakh communitys history.

Adventures in China: Kashgar!

Hey guys! I wanted to share out visit to Kashgar, Xinjiang, China. Featuring clips from Shipton's Arch, the old city, and the new city. It was a blast to see.
Since most of the population of Kashgar is Uyghur, I thought it was appropriate to include a uyghur song in the video. I'm unsure the name or artist since it was one of many songs one of the students game me when I asked for some tunes.

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Kashghar to Tashkurghan 2 (Xinjiang China)

on the way to Tashkurghan

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Travel on Silk Route, from Islamabad (Pakistan) to Kashgar(China).

Kashgar On Crossroad 十字路口上的喀什

The nineth episode Kashgar On Crossroad

Kashgar was the important supply city on Silk Road since ancient time. Kashgar located in the westernmost of China, known as the crossroad of Silk Road.

喀什自古以来都是丝绸之路上重要的补给城市。地处于中国版图的最西端，它素有丝绸之路十字路口的称号。

#New Silk Road

The NHK`s 80th anniversary documentary series New Silk Road was co-produced with CCTV in 2004-2005. For presented the past, the present and the future of Silk Road to audience, the producers drove SUVs along the Silk Road to visited local residents, and verificated many cultural relics.

该片作为日本广播开播80周年的纪念节目，于2004年至2005年与CCTV合作制作。制作方以朴实无华，脚踏实地的采访作风，几辆越野车，几台摄影机，走遍丝路，用文物的考证来解释过去的方法，用采访镜头来论证解说词观点的手法，将丝路的过去，现在和未来展现在观众面前。

Climbing Shipton's Arch | World's TALLEST Natural Arch in Kashgar, Xinjiang

Did you know that Shipton's Arch is not only the tallest natural arch in the world, it's even taller than the Empire State Building? Read more:

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Shipton’s Arch, also known as “Toshuk Tagh” in the Uyghur language or 阿图什天门 (Ātúshi tiānmén) in Chinese, is considered to be the tallest natural arch in the world and is located in China's western region of Xinjiang near the border with Kyrgyzstan.

How tall is Shipton’s Arch, you ask?

Measured at 457m (roughly 1,500ft), the arch could theoretically fit the Empire State Building, which measures only 443m to the tip of the antennae. It’s hard to tell from the photos, but it is incredibly tall!

What I love about Shipton’s Arch is not only the magnificent beauty of the place, but also the story that led to its discovery…and later it’s rediscovery.

China's disappearing city of Kashgar

Dunhuang's Legendary Silk Road: Everything You Didn't Know | China Revealed | TRACKS

A vital trading post on the legendary Silk Road, Dunhuang became an intercontinental think tank of human ingenuity.

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Kashgar city 1.mp4

Travel on Silk Route, from Islamabad (Pakistan) to Kashgar(China).

AsiaQuest - China's Taklamakan Desert Video

AsiaQuest is an interactive expedition developed by Classroom Connect. For five weeks a team of scientists and explorers will take a journey of discovery, following Marco Polo's footsteps along China's Silk Road. Follow along here for daily reports on the Quest.