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Xinjiang's Run of the Bulls in Urumqi is Just Run of the Mill 2009-01-08 16:00:12 File this under "Headlines You'll Only See in Xinjiang". From the China Daily:
"Police shot a rampaging bull on a middle school campus Thursday in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region."
Photo from Tianshannet.com While a headline like this may make the front page in any major Chinese city or practically any western city, here in Xinjiang it is merely a side blurb -
Buying Train Tickets on Spring Festival: A Migrant Worker's Guide 2009-01-06 17:00:01 Getting your hands on good train tickets in any major Chinese city during the SpringFestival
is without a doubt one of the most difficult tasks known to man. Right now tickets halls from Beijing to Shanghai to Xi'an are packed with people who wait countless hours in line for the chance to buy tickets to be with their families back home, an ordered chaos that is led primarily by a fearless group o Read more:Buying
, Guide
, Migrant
, Spring Festival
, Tickets
, Train
Xinjiang Picture of the Week: Kashgar's Old City 2009-01-05 17:00:01 A humble home in the heart of Kashgar's Old City.
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