Chinese language "in the wild" mostly seen around Urumqi; other pictures from Altay prefecture to the north and also Turpan to the southeast. Photo album online at http://bit.ly/altay2012xuar

1. Chinese language & culture in
Xinjiang 2012: June, July
G P Witteveen
http://gpwitteveen.googlepages.com/fulbright2012

2. IMG_9310

3. IMG_9311

4. IMG_9312

5. IMG_9313

6. IMG_9314

7. IMG_9315

8. IMG_9316

9. IMG_9317

10. cz4june-meal

11. mealbeef

12. xnuwalk

13. xnuwalk (4)

14. xnudigwsalk (2)

15. xnudigwsalk (3)

16. xnulib-k89folklore1

17. 3fl-xnucaafet

18. 3fl-xnucaafet (1)

19. xnulib-k89folklore2

20. Cafeteria pricelist

21. prices

22. Camoflage work clothes; headscarf

23. Setting up the evening street market near Xinyi Road, central Urumqi

24. Cranes working, Northeast Urumqi

25. Housing priority list for faculty at Xinjiang Normal University (new campus move)

26. Street shop at gate to Xinjiang Normal University

27. Union Jack fashions abound, summer 2012, Urumqi

28. Traffic mixing: bus, car, bike, tractors

29. Car rear window

30. Front gate at Xinjiang Normal University – examination board at center

31. Detail, schedule board for examinations; red ribbon for luck?

32. Panorama southwest Urumqi; mosque at center right

33. Panorama of traditional performing arts of Xinjiang ethnicities; outside bookstore

34. Panorama, southwest Urumqi

35. Panorama southwest Urumqi; old stone walls (remains of early 20th fort?)

36. Panorama 2012 June 30 wedding palace

37. Hongshan Park in south central Urumqi; distant mountains

38. Attractive façade for plastic surgery clinic

39. Urumqi cityscape from southwest central with mountains beyond, 6/2012

40. Sorting apartment block shared refuse buckets for recyclables.

41. Urumqi 2012 graffito

42. Urumqi builders

43. Edit caption

44. Edit caption

45. Edit caption

46. Edit caption

47. Edit caption

48. Edit caption

49. Edit caption

50. Edit caption

51. Edit caption

52. Edit caption

53. Traces of preautomobile life in Urumqi

54. Waste bin, central Urumqi

55. Waste bin, central Urumqi

56. Depot for water trucks that sprinkle the roads for cooling & dust control

57. City park, central Urumqi

58. City center park, Urumqi

59. Exercise equipment for apartment

60. Big cars and small cars

61. Sports field at Xinjiang National University; rally of bank employees

62. Part of rally at sports field of Xinjiang Normal University

63. China’s flag on display, rally at sports field of Xinjiang Normal Univ.

64. Rally at sports field of Xinjiang Normal University