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Heavy rain kills 5 in China’s south; authorities issue disaster alerts • May 19, 2025, 5:00 AM ET (Straits Times)
‘Never forget this brave sister’: Xinjiang dad tells girl about heroic officer • Apr. 25, 2025, 1:46 AM ET (South China Morning Post)
EU stays the course on Xinjiang sanctions as China eases up on bloc’s lawmakers • Apr. 24, 2025, 8:29 AM ET (South China Morning Post)
China gives suspended death sentence to former Xinjiang official for corruption • Apr. 22, 2025, 6:30 AM ET (The Hindu)

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Pagoda near Tian Lake
Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China
alluvial fan, China
lake in the Pamirs
Bactrian camel
mosque in Kashgar
Ürümqi
pagoda
Kazakh yurt
Bogda Mountains: Tian Lake
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