ChinaswilderWesten

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  • Forsomecyclistsisalreadythehilltothenearestbeergar… Forsomecyclistsisalreadythehilltothenearestbeergardentoosteep.WhatwouldkeepmostofthosefromatourthroughChinaviavelo?Acountrywithapopulationofapproximately1.3billionpeople,anditsareawith9,597,995squarekilometers,thefourthofacountryistheearth?Nottoomuchperhaps.Nonetheless,thebikingisthroughtheMiddleKingdom,whichorganizedthesinologistVolkerHaringforEuropeantourists,popular.OnlytheregionofXinjianginthenorthwestofthePeople'sRepublicHaringhadnotyetcrossed.ButnowaccompaniedtheGermanfilmmakerKlausKastenholzbikeenthusiastsforthetwo-ARTEdocumentary'China'sWildWest'inhispioneeringvoyagetotheUighurAutonomousProvinceofbreath,andbegananicepicture.WithanarealargerthanWesternEuropeisoneofthemostextensiveregionofXinjianginChina.TogetherwithTibetinthewestandInnerMongoliainthenorthmakesitfrom45percentofstateland.However,theseareasareverysparselypopulated,withashareofonlyfourpercentofthepopulationofthePeople'sRepublicaswellaswithitsdiversepeoplesasameltingpotofcultures.Notwithoutreason,theChinesecallthebarrenXinjiangasthe'WildWest'ofthecountry-farawayfromBeijingandthenationalunity.Canonepassagewherecyclistsworry?VolkerHaringputhisdreamintoreality,andexploredinthecompanyoftheTVcameras,theunexploredarea.OnMonday,04.06.,19.00clock,hestepsinto'heirsoftheSilkRoad'onhisbikeandrideoff.ThejourneybeginsintheneighboringtownofDunhuanginGansuProvince,andrunsthroughtheformersilkroutedirectlyintothesouthernroadtoXinjiang.TheviewerisexperiencingthesometimesadventurousrideinalocalTVchair,butfeelsthefascinatingimagesoftheMiddleKingdomandimmersiveexperiences,notleastalotfromthehistoryofthecountrywithinashorttimebecamealeadingexportnation. Thesecondpartisdevotedtothe'neighborsoftheDesert'.HaringRadscoutreachedthemoderntwo-millionmetropolisUrumqi-themeetingstronglyinfluencedbyChinapeacefullycapitalofXinjiang,theUyghur-establishedonexpatriateHanChinese.Afterthetwo45-minuteepisodesofthedocumentarytwofacesofthecountryremaininmemory:the'WildWestofChina',seemstohavestoppedintime,andtheimageofcitiesthathavelosttheiroldcharmuntamedago.AndattheendVolkerHaringwillhavetraveled1500kilometersoverhillanddale.Muchmorethanmanyamateurcycliststhroughouthislife. ——由Google机器翻译自德语简介(欢迎更新更适当的介绍)

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