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Xinjiang children grateful for free surgery
"To have free surgery in Beijing is the best gift I have ever received," said Aklim, who arrived in the capital city on Tuesday evening after a 33-hour train journey from Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. |
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No casualties in Xinjiang high-rise fire
A fire that erupted at midnight Monday in a high-rise commercial building in downtown Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has been put out, and no casualties were reported, police said Tuesday. |
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Charity offers free surgeries to Xinjiang kids
A total of 51 children afflicted by congenital heart disease in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region headed on Monday to Beijing, where they will receive free surgery sponsored by a charity organization. |
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Fire in Xinjiang high-rise building put out
The fire, which erupted late Monday in a high-rise commercial building in downtown Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has been put out. |
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Xinjiang-Tibet highway resumes after closed by snow
Traffic on the highway linking China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and Tibet autonomous region largely resumed Friday after being closed by heavy snow for four days. |
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Experiencing Xinjiang (II)
Experiencing Xinjiang autonomous region. |
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Experiencing Xinjiang (III)
Experiencing Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. |
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Experiencing Xinjiang (I)
Experiencing Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. |
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Heavy snowfalls hit Ali of Tibet
Heavy snowfalls have hit the region since Sunday and paralyzed the traffic along the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway. |
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29 rescued from snow-hit expressway in Tibet
Twenty-nine people have been rescued after their vehicles became stuck in deep snow for hours on a highway in Tibet Autonomous Region, local traffic police said Thursday. |
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Airport to be built in Xinjiang desert
CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China) Xinjiang Regional Administration plans to build a new airport in the Taklimakan Desert during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015), which will be the first airport built in the desert in China, Beijing Daily reported. |
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Five dead after coach overturns in Xinjiang
Five people died and 19 were injured Friday when a coach overturned in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, said local authorities. |
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Latest batch of officials head to Xinjiang
More than 1,600 officials and experts from 19 provinces and municipalities have arrived to work in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in a partnership program to assist local development, authorities said on Wednesday. |
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Incomes of rural residents in Xinjiang grew 20%
The average per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen in far west China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region grew by 19.6 percent year on year to reach 4,642.67 yuan (703 U.S. dollars) last year, local authorities said Wednesday. |
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Xinjiang to invest $4.6b in airport construction
China's far western Xinjiang region plans to invest 30 billion yuan ($4.56 billion) in airport construction between 2011 and 2015, local authorities said Jan 30. |
