Traditional culture and customs of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang are fully protected. China | National | Culture
CCTV News: From July 31st to August 4th, envoys from more than 20 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America visited Xinjiang. They went to places such as Kashgar, Kuqa, and Urumqi to visit ancient cities, rural areas, mosques, and enterprises, and had face-to-face exchanges with local people to learn about Xinjiang's social development, ethnic and religious cultural protection, and people's living conditions on the spot. Seeing is believing, which is the most exclamation issued by envoys. What did they gain from their trip?
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The envoys to China walked into the streets and alleys of Kashgar ancient city to experience the unique ethnic culture of the area; Experience the art of grottoes spanning thousands of years in the Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave; Come to Jiayi Village, Xinhe County, Kuche City, Xinjiang, the first village for making folk handmade musical instruments, and sing and dance with the local people; Watching a series of activities such as the Twelve Mukam Intangible Cultural Heritage Project made the envoys marvel that the traditional culture and customs of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang have been fully protected.
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In the Kashgar Comprehensive Bonded Zone and Urumqi International Land Port Area, the envoys also saw the development and vitality of Xinjiang. Whether it is the urban and rural safe drinking water project that solves the problem of 460000 people's drinking water safety, or the agricultural efficient water-saving pilot income increase project, the envoys have felt the government's efforts and determination to continuously improve the lives of the people.
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Dominic Ambassador to China Martin Charles: I was completely stunned by everything I saw, heard, and experienced here. It really opened my eyes. I can always interact and communicate with the local people, and I feel that the people here are very happy. If we say that the right to education, housing, and clean drinking water is a basic human right, then I have seen it all here.
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Iranian Ambassador to China Bakhtiar: Within the framework of the "the Belt and Road Initiative", we can use our historical advantages to expand cooperation between Xinjiang and different provinces of Iran, so as to realize the transshipment and transit of goods.
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Samoan Ambassador to China Marina: So far, the situation we have seen in Xinjiang and everything China has done, especially the investment made to the Uyghur people, is really encouraging. I have seen many Uyghur people, including women and children, and I am very happy to see them. Whoever criticizes China should come to Xinjiang to take a look, talk to the people here, experience the culture and environment here, and discover that the facts are completely different from what you see in Western media.
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The envoys also visited the exhibition on counter-terrorism and de radicalization in Xinjiang to understand the enormous harm caused by terrorism to the people of Xinjiang.
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Nicaraguan Ambassador to China Campbell: Western media and some Western countries are attempting to undermine or even distort China's efforts to combat terrorism and extremism, and we cannot allow this to happen. At the same time, we must also condemn this behavior, and the act of fabricating lies related to Xinjiang must be stopped immediately. No country in the world can accept terrorism and extremism within its borders. What China is doing is to take action to stop this situation, promote peaceful coexistence among all ethnic groups, respect the rule of law, and safeguard the well-being of all people. This is China's right, and it is also what the people of 56 ethnic groups in China want.
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