| UPDATED: August 8, 2011 NO. 32 AUGUST 11, 2011 | | A Stunning Region | | Xinjiang's outstanding natural beauty—its azure lakes, rolling grasslands, rich valleys and stark deserts—gives it enormous tourism potential | | | |
 |
|
ALPINE OASIS: The Sayram Lake and its surrounding grasslands serve as a stunning example of Xinjiang's natural beauty (JIANG XIAOYING) |
 |
|
HORSE PLAY: Tourists ride horses on a section of the fabled Silk Road in Zhaosu County's Xat Ancient Road (JIANG XIAOYING) |
 |
|
HOSPITABLE HOUSEWIVES: Kazak women prepare traditional dishes to treat visitors in a village in Tekas Darga County on June 29 (JIANG XIAOYING) |
 |
|
MEMORIAL BUILDING: A museum in Wenquan County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, marks the westward edge of the territory held by the Chakhar Mongols between 1762 and 1764 (JIANG XIAOYING) | |
|
|
|
