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7 places to live differently

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Schematic distribution · roughly where places sit in each region

Area

Kashgar Old City

喀什古城

TownXinjiang

China's westernmost living ancient city — where the Silk Road still breathes.

Tashkurgan

塔什库尔干

TownXinjiang

China's last frontier town on the Pamir Plateau

Daxin

大新

TownGuangxi

A border county home to Asia's largest transnational waterfall.

Dachaidan

大柴旦

TownQinghai

Gobi emerald lakes and starlit yardang wilderness in Qinghai

Manzhouli

满洲里

CityInner Mongolia

Where China, Russia, and Mongolia converge at a one-of-a-kind border port city

Baihaba

白哈巴

TownXinjiang

China's northwesternmost village — where the frontier meets the taiga

Langmusi

郎木寺

TownGansu

A Tibetan monastery town straddling two provinces — China's "Little Switzerland"