Uighur truck drivers truckers Chinese ethnic minority fix mend repair cold barren Tibetan Plateau Tibet Autonomous Region China


Uighur truck drivers truckers from Kashgar repairing a wheel on a dilapidated and very ancient Chinese truck. This dirt road crosses the cold barren Tibetan Plateau in Tibet Autonomous Region China. Uighurs are a Chinese ethnic minority who are Muslims. They are transporting a load of poplar logs from the oasis city of Kashgar in the Xinjiang desert to the largely treeless Tibet.


Size: 3934px × 2553px
Location: Tibet Autonomous Region Peoples Republic of China
Photo credit: © Adrian Weston / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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