Tag: Xinjiang Autonomous Region (China)*
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The Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M078 Creator: Joseph Pham ’20 History At the start of the 1900s, there was a scramble to build railroads in imperial China by the major European powers to earn money, gain provisional control, and extract riches. The Xinjiang region has been in a constant battle for control by the Soviets and the…