KHORGOS, China -- Trade is thriving along the "modern Silk Road," which passes through a far-flung city on the border of China and Kazakhstan.
Khorgos is about 3,500 kilometers due west of Beijing in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Flying over the oil fields of Karamay, this author arrived at the airport in the city of Yining. From there, it was a 100-km drive along a nicely paved expressway to the border. Soon after passing shimmering snowcapped mountains, the car arrived at a brand new town with skyscrapers and European-style shopping streets, surrounded by vast wilderness.
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