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Picturing Xinjiang on the Big Screen
From cosmopolitan pictures to musical tourism advertisements, the Tianshan Film Studio once galvanized filmmaking in Xinjiang, but now struggles to regain its way
Could a Lake in Xinjiang Host China’s Loch Ness Monster?
Since the 13th century, a mysterious creature in Kanas Lake has been killing livestock and baffling researchers
Jade Mining in the Kunlun Mountains: Where Life is Cheaper Than Rocks
A former Hotan jade miner looks back on a disappeared, dangerous trade
The Last Falconers in the Altai Mountains
Two generations of a Kazakh family recall a life of partnership with birds of prey
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Serendipitous Sayram
A two-day Kazakh-Han wedding transforms pastures of western Xinjiang, as change comes to local herders’ lives
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