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Xinjiang is not far away
(tianshannet) Updated: 2008-January-8 18:20:36


Xinjiang is large, it is over 2000 km from Urumqi to Hotan, over 3000 km from Xinjiang to Beijing, but it only takes 2-3 hours to arrive; 2 hours from Urumqi to Kazakhstan, and over 1 hour to Pakistan, Xinjiang is not far away, it is very convenient to visit Xinjiang, there are 18 airlines in Xinjiang, 82 domestic airlines in China, and 45 international airlines, 86 cities in 20 countries navigate Xinjiang. Located in the westmost of railway network in China, Xinjiang railway is the passage connecting new Eurasia Land Bridge, Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway is parallel line all the way, there are also direct railway from south Xinjiang to north Xinjiang, the international passenger train from Urumqi to Almaty has been opened between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan. Taking Urumqi as the center, there are national highway and provincial highway in Xinjiang. The desert highway crossing Taklimakan Desert is the first long-distance highway on mobile desert in the world; Xinjiang has become the provincial region with the most lines, the longest mileage and the most vehicles of international passengers and goods transportation in China. The pipeline transportation in Xinjiang is large, which is provincial region with the longest mileage of pipeline transport in China, the east end of Sino-Kazak Pipeline locates at Alashankou Port of Xinjiang, which is the first international long-distance pipeline of crude oil in China. Data communication network, multimedia communications are developing rapidly, which make it convenient and fast to contact with various places all over the world. As sitting before the computer in Urumqi, you can play chess or chat with foreign friends conveniently through broadband network.

 “The Wonderful Xinjiang”, which is showed in song and TV, is it really like this? If you want to touch and understand Xinjiang at close quarters, you must walk around Xinjiang by yourself, and experience the real Xinjiang by yourself.

(SOURCES: aboutxinjiang.com)Editor: enmb
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