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Han dynasty Relief with Ban Chao & King Yule (Zhong) of Kashgar in 73 CE. The earliest mention of Kashgar occurs when a Chinese Han dynasty envoy traveled the...

Theatre fire in 1994 On December 8, 1994, a fire broke out in Friendship Theater (友谊馆), Karamay. According to official figures, 325 people including 288 school children died. Many...

Early history Gold Mask Inlaid with Rubies. 3 – 7th Century. Excavated at Boma Tomb in Zhaosu County, collected by the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Museum. Before the advent...

The oasis of Hotan is strategically located at the junction of the southern (and most ancient) branch of the Silk Road joining China and the West with one of...

During the Later Han dynasty Hami repeatedly changed hands between the Chinese and Xiongnu who both wanted to control this fertile and strategic oasis. Several times the Han set...

Bayingolin is an autonomous prefecture for Mongol people in the southeast of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Western China. It borders Gansu to the east, Qinghai to the southeast, and...

Altay is a county-level city in Altay Prefecture within Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, in far northern Xinjiang, China. The city centre is located on the slopes of Kelan River....

Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê, is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, with an area of 182,000 km2 (70,271 sq mi). It is located within...

A legend that attests to the position of Lhoka region in the annals of Tibetan history states that human beings are the creation of a union between a sacred...

Nyingchi, also known as Linzhi, is a prefecture-level city in southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The administrative seat of Nyingchi is Bayi District. The Chinese claim part of...