URUMQI, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- In multi-ethnic Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, dance is a lingua franca. A carpet, a speaker and an open space are enough to set the stage. Regardless of gender or age, ...

Airkir Duliki, China's first ethnic Tajik train conductor, was born and raised amidst the snow-capped mountains and grasslands in a village of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County on the Pamir Plateau.

Panj (the Vakhan) and Pamir Rivers, rise from this high-altitude plateau (over 16,000 feet ... The Broghil, one of the high mountain passes, connects the Corridor to KP, while Irshad Pass ...

Such gatherings are common even in the snowy season in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, on the eastern foothills of the Pamir Plateau ... four to five hours over mountain roads, which are ...