1,000 Years of Art at the Edge of the Gobi Desert - The New York Times

1,000 Years of Art at the Edge of the Gobi Desert - The New York Times:

Sharon and I visited Dunhuang and the Mogao caves during our 2013 Silk Road tour.  How fortunate we were.

Dunhuang is also where we road the camels on the dunes.

Deadly Clash Between Police and Ethnic Uighurs Reported in Xinjiang Region of China - The New York Times

Deadly Clash Between Police and Ethnic Uighurs Reported in Xinjiang Region of China - The New York Times:

HONG KONG — More than a dozen people were killed in the Xinjiang region of far western China this week in a clash between ethnic Uighursand the police, according to a report by Radio Free Asia that was largely corroborated by local residents, including a police officer.


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