{"id":7890,"date":"2015-02-27T10:41:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T02:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.justcharlie.com\/?page_id=7890"},"modified":"2019-05-29T12:07:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T04:07:08","slug":"xinjiang-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.justcharlie.com\/photos\/xinjiang-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Xinjiang, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday of the year in China, and every year I’m looking for an opportunity to visit somewhere new. This year I booked some shows in Xinjiang, the Northwestern region of China that borders Kazakhstan and Pakistan, both in the capital city and a further removed oil city called Karamay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although this was my second time in Xinjiang (the first was in 2007 to perform in the capital city of Urumqi), it had changed drastically. In 2009 the capital city came under attack by ethnic minority secessionist rebels, who seek to create a new state called East Turkmenistan. The attack left thousands dead and transformed the entire region into a police state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are my photos from the week long trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n