300 million tourists just visited China's stunning Xinjiang region. There's a side they didn't see
For years, Xinjiang had bristled under Beijing's rule, sometimes erupting into violence, which kept many domestic Chinese tourists away. Then it became infamous for some of the worst allegations of Chinese authoritarianism, from the detention of more than a million Uyghur Muslims in so-called "re-education camps", to claims of crimes against humanity, by the United Nations.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8x1rnnd5gjo
Extremely concerning... Looking into it! ๐ง
Me rn, I want to go next year but there's too much to do
I want to do a proper week-long backpacking trip but idk how to research where those exist, I found the Minya Konka trek in Sichuan but that's about it. That puts me in Chengdu which sounds like an incredible city. Seems like everything in tibet is off-limits to foreigners without a guide? Wish I could find more options in case I'm missing anything
Maybe Yunnan is a solid addition like people are saying. I was already considering it for tiger leaping gorge
kunming hexbear meetup 2026 be there
Funny enough that's roughly the year I want to go to china
I'm in, add me to the @ list