This past summer, China decided to stir up trouble in its far-Western province of Xinjiang. For many, this was the first time they'd heard of Xinjiang and its people, the Uighurs, and the only time, for after a week or two, the fighting and rioting died down and the media turned to other stories.
Today as I was going through an old issue of The Economist I came across a link to a photo essay about the Uighurs. Intrigued, I made a point of watching it. The photos are of the people and the region and truly convey what it's like to live in China and yet be so different from the image of China one normally conjures. Watch it here:
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