Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the ...

Train conductor Airkir Duliki (R) comforts a child who has lost contact with his parents at the stand of Aksu Railway Station, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 16, 2025. Airkir ...

Pamir Plateau is composed of a series of connected mountains, valleys and basins, which can be divided into 2 parts according to geographical characteristics: west Pamir Plateau and east Pamir Plateau ...

Staff members of the laser ground station watch as data is received. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The country's first 500-mm aperture laser communication ground system independently developed ...

Nationwide efforts to convert salty soil into arable grasslands have extended to a high-elevation part of China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region where a quartet of mountains converge and the arid ...

Two Tajik farmers turn the earth with help of an oxen-pulled plow. The apricot flowering season is busy farming time for Tajiks living on the Pamir Plateau in Xinjiang. [Photo/Xinhua] Spring is ...