5 MORE Facts You Didn't Know about Xinjang – Arts & Entertainment

www.farwestchina.com — This article is a follow-up to a fun list I wrote last year revealing some of Xinjiang's little-known trivia. If you've read Hessler's Oracle Bones, you'll recognize at least one of these "facts".

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5 MORE Facts You Didn't Know about Xinjang

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