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    Palpable Prosperity

    Sep 29, 2022 4 minutes
    By Muhammad Asghar
    Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon

    China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is renowned for its breathtaking natural beauty, wide-ranging ethnic customs, and abundant culture. It is China’s largest province-level region, covering an area of some 1.66 million square km—roughly the area of Iran. Home to 25.85 million people, the Han ethnic group accounts for 10.92 million and ethnic minorities for 14.93 million, according to data from the seventh national census in 2020.

    As a reporter with the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), I have traveled to several provinces and autonomous regions in China since 2013, and Xinjiang in particular after my appointment as special correspondent with the APP’s Beijing Office in 2017. During my visits

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