A settlement of unbounded frontiers
Competition goes wild for nature and science
A photographer's lens reveals the spirit of horses
Ancient civilization joins digital ecosystem
Wing Chun set to dazzle Canadian audiences
New exhibit on Mayan civilization opens in Hebei Museum
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A cold dance of survival

"Xinjiang's North Pole" stands at the top of where China's map ends, in the middle of the Altay Mountains, just south of where four countries touch.

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A settlement of unbounded frontiers

Baihaba village sits on China's northwesternmost edge, where it occupies overlapping realms of identity, Erik Nilsson reports in Altay, Xinjiang.

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More than daily bread

At Urumqi's Grand Bazaar, you don't just get a taste of Xinjiang culture — you can step into it, when you walk through the doorway framed by a bite taken out of the Naan House's breadshaped facade.

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Digital homecoming for a buried city's lost masterpieces

A remarkable collection of art, lost for centuries in the sands of the Gobi Desert before being taken to Russia, has been digitally reunited and is now on display in China for the first time.

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Program continues the beautiful vitality of verse

This year, 18-year-old Song Hongri, a Beijing freshman at the University of Hong Kong, returns to the show, Chinese Poetry Conference, for the third time.

 

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A Reclusive Spirit amid the Mundane, an exhibition at Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou, Jin Nong's hometown, traces his life and artistic evolution through works drawn from several museum collections.