China's third drive to upgrade train speeds across the nation is currently in hand. Work on the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway represents one of the major projects in pursuit of this aim. Construction ...

URUMQI, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- In a world where speed and comfort often guide travel choices, a rail service in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region offers passengers a chance to ...

Welding work for the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway, the final section of a loop line around the Taklimakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was completed recently in Hotan prefecture's Minfeng ...

Spanning more than 400 kilometers, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project, or CKU, is planned to start in Kashgar City in China’s northwestern Xinjiang autonomous region, pass through ...

A passenger plays with a child on the train No. 7557 from Urumqi to Hotan Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Fei) ...

Xinjiang faced a surge in radicalisation, leading to deadly terrorist attacks targeting civilians. Notable incidents include the Urumqi riots in 2009 and Kunming railway station attack in 2014 ...