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Loulan Beauty Documentary Clip - Xinjiang Mummies A clip from a NOVA show titled "Mysterious Mummies of China", about a controversial group of three- to four-thousand year-old Caucasoid mummies found in northwest China's Xinjiang. Tags: mummy mummies xinjiang loulan tocharian uyghur uighur uygur turpan turfan |
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Taklamakan Dune Buggy A dune buggy ride through the Taklamakan Desert... in Xinjiang, China. The site is known as Loburen Cunzai, or the Lobu People Village. Those trees are Hu Yang, or Diversifolius Poplars... very beautiful around the beginning of November when the leaves turn yellow. Tags: china xinjiang taklamakan desert dune buggy poplar trees urumqi korla |
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Hoxur Kari's Epic Uyghur Love Song (Pt. 1 of 14) The first part of a fourteen-part Uyghur tale of love and life from Kashgar's own Hoxur Kari. Hopefully I'll be able to get a translation posted soon. Tags: xinjiang sinkiang china uyghur uygur uighur kashgar turkestan turkistan urumqi |
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Great Xinjiang Eclipse of 2008 The moment of totality live from Yiwu, Xinjiang, China. Includes a few minutes of coverage before the total solar eclipse. Captured from the Exploratorium's live feed on August 1, 2008 (2008/08/01). Tags: solar eclipse xinjiang yiwu china total 2008 august |
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Chinese Pole Dancing A story from the NY Times about the rising popularity of pole dancing in China. You could read the article on their website, but wouldn't you prefer to see what they're talking about? Tags: china chinese girls pole dancing dancer excercise sexy |
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Kekexili Clip A clip from the film "Kekexili: Mountain Patrol" as an example of Tibetan-Hui tensions in western regions of China. Tags: kekexili qinghai tibet xizang china hui ethnic tension |
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One Week After the Earthquake Chinese people gathered in a famous large square in Beijing shout slogans after observing three minutes of silence. A period of national mourning began exactly one week after the May 12, 2008 earthquake in Sichuan. Tags: china earthquake tiananmen mourning rally nationalism nationalist |
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Sichuan Earthquake Aid Dropped by Helicopter I'm thinking that none of these supplies are likely to survive the impact. China's response has been strong, but I found this clip darkly humorous and evident perhaps of a lack of expertise in humanitarian operations. Tags: china sichuan earthquake aid helicopter water supplies rescue |
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Abdurehim Heyit — Uyghur Dutar Master The dutar master from Urumqi, Xinjiang shows off his skills in this instrumental piece. Tags: xinjiang uyghur uighur uygur dutar urumqi |
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Monks Protest Outside Labrang Monastery Video captured on cellphone of Tibetan Buddhist monks protesting near the entrance to the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu province in China. March 15, 2008. For more information visit http://china.notspecial.org/. Tags: tibet china protest riot gansu xiahe labrang amdo monks |
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CCTV Report on Lhasa Violence (西藏拉萨) Recorded March 15, 2008 at 7:43PM Beijing time from a broadcast on the CCTV (China Central Television) News channel. Footage of rioters in Lhasa and burning buildings. Visit http://china.notspecial.org for more info. Tags: lhasa tibet protest riot china |
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Uyghur Music Video: A Carter's Song A new video from Dilxat Rahidin and Tursun Dehhan, in which they ride a donkey cart while dreaming of driving a Chrysler C300. Tags: xinjiang uyghur uighur uygur music video urumqi |
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These Kids are Beasts! A short video showing the typical classroom behavior of a group of young Tibetan kids. I volunteered to teach this bunch in a small village in Qinghai during Spring Festival break in early 2008. It's really just the boys who are beasts, as the girls mostly sit shyly in their seats. Even when a Tibetan adult starts to yell at them in the end, their behavior barely changes. Tags: tibet qinghai kids teaching classroom behavior fighting |
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Tibetan College Students Singing Two of the university students I was teaching in Jinyuan Township (Qinghai) sing a Tibetan song for me in the back of our freezing classroom. Tags: tibet qinghai tibetan amdo music |
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Tibetan Music Video by Dronpe A beautiful Tibetan girl sings a song in the shadow of an unidentified - but probably holy - mountain. Tags: tibet qinghai tibetan amdo music |
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Uyghurs are Commies, Too. A clip from "China from the Inside" about Chinese control over Xinjiang. Includes a rare interview with Ismail Tiliwaldi, the Uyghur figurehead of the Xinjiang government, and other Uyghur communists. Tags: xinjiang tiliwaldi china uyghur uighur uygur urumqi wulumuqi communist |
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Marco Polo in Xinjiang, Part 3: Taklamakan Desert & Aksai A photographer from Nat Geo traces Marco Polo's route through Xinjiang to China. In Part 3, he travels into the Taklamakan Desert and attends a Tajik (perhaps Kyrgyz?) wedding in Aksai. Warning: includes somewhat graphic footage of a sacrificial lamb slaughter. Tags: xinjiang marco polo china taklamakan uyghur uighur yengisar kyrgyz tajik history |
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Marco Polo in Xinjiang, Part 2: Yengisar & Hotan A photographer from Nat Geo traces Marco Polo's route through Xinjiang to China. In Part 2, he travels along the southern Silk Road to Yengisar and Hotan. Tags: xinjiang marco polo china hotan hetian uyghur uighur yengisar kyrgyz tajik history |
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Marco Polo in Xinjiang, Part 1: Karakul & Kashgar A photographer from Nat Geo traces Marco Polo's route through Xinjiang to China. In Part 1, he travels from the Pamir Mountains on the Sino-Afghan border to Kashgar. Tags: xinjiang marco polo china kashgar uyghur uighur taxkorgan tashkorgan kyrgyz tajik karakul history |
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Hajajim Uyghur Music Video Kasghar's Hajajim lures you into a dutar trance in this new video. The editing might be a little boring, but the singing is fantastic. Tags: xinjiang dutar kashgar uyghur uygur uighur china |