The Uighur separatist movement of China's far western Xinjiang province wants an Islamic state, to be called East Turkestan.

Folk song from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region - 掀起你的盖头�. In both Uyghur and Chinese.

Grasslands stretch away before you as you emerge from the area where the Uyghurs live. A dazzling vision of blue sky opening out above a carpet of gra

The demonstrator was immediately apprehended and detained by police.

Manchán Magan - Global Nomad Films www.manchan.com

中国新疆维�尔�的舞蹈。

On the east side of the town, bustling Uyghur street stalls stand side by side. People work hard at their trade, or steal a nap in the shade, and ener

Round13 - Zhejiang - Xinjiang

(ئۈرۈمچى شەھرى شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايون )

These are the true scenes that u would see in Xinjiang autonomous province,majority of the Uighurs are living peacefully with other ethnic groups in X

Pichan, a small town floating on the desert. Called to a halt and welcomed hospitably, the loneliness of travel is somewhat relieved.

Instead of doing the "hot" sight-seeing scenes all over again, this video places the emphasis on the city and economic developements in Kashgar. It ma

新疆维�尔�舞蹈：展翅飞翔的雄鹰

This is a video slideshow of a backpacking trip undertaken in summer 2006 through Xinjiang province in the remote Northwest of China. Destinations inc

Hotan. They say on some days such clouds of dust blow up that you cannot see in front of you. The vague shapes floating beyond the dust clouds are the

A donkey cart slowly passing through, swaying along over the sea of sand. In Charchan it is easy to lose track of time.

If you leave Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, and head west towards Kashgar, you can feel, in the towns you pass, a sense of being in another, Islamic

Traversing the Taklamakan Desert to the bustling city of Kashgar, over the Karakoram Highway to the crossroads of Central Asia...

A corner of Kashgar. The landscape of the town, riddled like a maze with charming alleyways, shows us a fragile vision of time rewound. The moment you

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