The last three sections of the world's largest desert highway opened to traffic on Saturday.
Thelastthreesectionsoftheworld'slargestdeserthighwayopenedtotrafficonSaturday.TheBeijing-UrumqiExpressway,withatotallengthof2,450kilometers,stretchesfromBeijing
Uygur teacher Ilham Tohti was sentenced to life in prison for separatism in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Tuesday.
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, at 1:27 p.m. Friday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.