Xinjiang’s Kuqa ramps up efforts to preserve, utilize historical resources
Kuqa city in Aksu prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was known as Kucha in ancient times. It was home to the Anxi Protectorate, or the Protectorate to Pacify the West, in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), as well as an important transportation hub along the ancient Silk Road. As one of the historical and cultural…