Olympic Torch Relay in Kashgar

Olympic torch relay concludes in Kashgar
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Source: CCTV.com | 06-18-2008 13:24
Special Report: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

The Olympic torch relay continues its domestic tour, and it has just passed through its second stop in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: Kashgar city.
The relay started at 9:45 this morning at the Id Kah Square. A total of 208 torchbearers participated, the same number as the previous stop in Urumqi. The first torchbearer was Chinese ace "high-wire" walker Adili. Adili is the descendant of a Uygur family with a 430-year history in a field of acrobatics known as "Dawazi" in western China.

The relay covered a distance of 6.5 kilometers and lasted about 2 hours. It ended at the Kashgar People's Square. Kashgar is west of the Taklamakan Desert in Southern Xinjiang and about 1500 kilometers from Umruqi.

The torch relay will be held in two other cites in the region, first in Shihezi and then Changji.

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• Olympic
• Torch
• relay
• Xinjiang
• Uyghur

[win081]

In my recent Central Asia trip, there is no doubt in my mind that Urumqi is "the" LARAGEST and MOST PROSPERIOUS city in Central Asia (among cities of Astana, Almaty, Taskkent, Ashgabat, ...). I will post more videos that I have taken in Urumqi and Kashgar (including the night markets). People are very relaxing and staying outside as late as passing the 12 midnight in the weekdays.

It's so relaxing! Lots families with their children out playing in the park.

[maxwellzt]

Great! Go Olympic! Go Xinjiang, Go China.

[win081]

Uyghur children are unbelievably friendly, they love to take pictures with foreign tourists! They are absolutely adorable! You won't see anything like this in any big city in West! The square in front of the main Mosque in Kashagr are full of people during the evening.

The only thing you worried was the pickpockets, LOLLL! But pickpockets are everywhere in the world, and everyone knew that pickpockets in South European countries are the worst!

[Crapidiot]

then dont do intimidating things

[win081]

uyghurnews: I just happened to be in Kashgar two weeks ago, What I said is what I saw.

The night market in both Kashgar and Urumqi were FULL OF PEOPLE, you could hardly move around. People stayed outside VERY LATE in the weekday nights, talking, playing.

See my videos I posted on my channel, it was taken on June 1st, afternoon, on a main street close to downtown Kashgar. See how many people there.

[Uyghurnews]

how do you explain this things.

but tell the truth.

yes Olympic torch through in East Turkistan's traditional city Kashgar . the cith why so quite. coz CCP fold the Uyghurs hand and CCP intimdate to Uyghurs if they do some action against to CCP they will be in jail. CCP order to the enthic Uyghurs stay in house during the Olympic torch in East Turkistan's city.

[Uyghurnews]

Win081

Uyghur people very relaxing. what do you want to propaganda to the audience here? as your opionion Uyghur peoples are living with chinese very happly is it?

[win081]

See my channel for the video clips in that city - two weeks ago!

[win081]

I have just been in Kashgar two weeks ago. Great city with some new skyscapers now. People are very relaxing. Newly wedded couple are parading around the city with the music band on the following cars. What a scene!

Uyghur children are adorable. They just want to take pictures with foreign tourists. My most precious pictures during the whole Central Asia trip are with these absolutely adorable Uyghur childrens.