September 24th 2019. Xinjiang province, China.
September 28th 2019. Turpan, Xinjiang province, China. Uighur burial ground in Turpan, encircled by new housing developments.
February 3rd 2019. Hotan, Xinjiang province. Uighur-minority locals wait in line for ID check and body searches before entering the local bazar.
February 3rd 2019. Hotan, Xinjiang province. Uighur-minority locals wait in line for ID check and body searches before entering the local bazar.
September 24th 2019. Xinjiang province, China. Han Chinese and Uiguur tourists and locals enjoying the views from the heights of Hongshan park in the provincial capital Urumqi.
January 31st 2019. Kashgar, Xinjiang province. Uighur-minority men walking in a commercial street full of Chinese flags near the Idkah mosque.
September 28th 2019. Shanshan County, Xinjiang province, China. On the site of the Kumtag Desert Scenic Area, a desert-tourism park catering mostly to Han-Chinese tourists.
September 28th 2019. Shanshan County, Xinjiang province, China. Motorized miniature tanks attraction on the site of the Kumtag Desert Scenic Area, a desert-tourism park catering mostly to Han-Chinese tourists. In the background tourists climb one of the main dunes of the park.
September 28th 2019. Shanshan County, Xinjiang province, China. On the site of the Kumtag Desert Scenic Area, a desert-tourism park catering mostly to Han-Chinese tourists. Young Uighur women dressed up in folklore flashy dresses offer to pose for money to tourists.
September 28th 2019. Shanshan County, Xinjiang province, China. On the site of the Kumtag Desert Scenic Area, a desert-tourism park catering mostly to Han-Chinese tourists.
January 29th 2019. Kashgar, Xinjiang province. Uighur-minority bird keeper in the old town of Kashgar.
January 31st 2019. Kashgar, Xinjiang province. Uighur-minority residents - young and old - of a neighbourhood in the old town attend an outdoor Mandarin language class.
January 31st 2019. Kashgar, Xinjiang province. Night view over People’s Square and the massive Mao statue reigning over it.
February 1st 2019. Kashgar, Xinjiang province. One can nowadays often see walking the city streets in Xinjiang those ubiquitous groups of clumsy civilians doing self-defense training with the sticks that every shop or restaurant is now equipped with.
February 2nd 2019. Hotan, Xinjiang province. View over a local bazar on a Saturday afternoon.
February 2nd 2019. Hotan, Xinjiang province. Uighur-minority kids playing in the streets of what remains of the old town.
February 3rd 2019. Hotan, Xinjiang province. Uighur-minority restaurant staff and patrons with their children in a Uighur restaurant in the old twon of Hotan.
February 3rd 2019. Hotan, Xinjiang province. View over the White Jade river - also known by the native name of Yurungkash - from the road. The river gets its name from the white jade often found in its alluvial deposits. Hotan is famous for this white jade.
February 5th 2019. Hotan, Xinjiang province. Couple eating lunch in a local restaurant. In the reflection in the window one of the many additional police stations that have been installed at almost every street corner over the past three years.
September 26th 2019. Turpan, Xinjiang province, China. Han Chinese tourists visiting the site of the Emin Minaret and Mosque.
September 26th 2019. Turpan, Xinjiang province, China. Inside the Emin Mosque. The mosque has now become a tourist site.
September 26th 2019. Turpan, Xinjiang province, China. Burial ground on the site of the Emin Minaret and Mosque.
September 26th 2019. Turpan, Xinjiang province, China. A scarf rests on a tomb in the burial ground on the site of the Emin Minaret and Mosque.
September 26th 2019. Turpan, Xinjiang province, China. Local Uighur people enjoy the evening coolness at dusk in the streets of Turpan.
September 27th 2019. Xinjiang province, China. Near Turpan, on the main tourist site near the Gaochang mountains (Flaming mountains / Huoyanshan) catering mostly to Han Chinese tourists.
September 27th 2019. Xinjiang province, China. Near Turpan, on the main tourist site near the Gaochang mountains (Flaming mountains / Huoyanshan) catering mostly to Han Chinese tourists. Young Uighur women dressed up in folklore flashy dresses pose with Chinese tourists for money.
September 30th 2019. Xinjiang province, China. Young Uighur people on the train from the city of Korla to the city of Kuqa.
February 5th 2019. Hotan, Xinjiang province. Young Uighur-minority girl posing for photos in the ruins of an old neighborhood close to the White Jade river.
October 2nd 2019. Xinjiang province, China. A group of Uighur tourists on the site of the Kizil Gaha Beacon Tower (克孜尔尕哈烽燧 Kèzīěr gǎhā fēngsuì). Located 10km southeast of Kuqa, this was the site of a military facility built during the Han Dynasty.
