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In china, has been talking to our reporters. The 80yearold has recently been granted Refugee Status here in germany. But still she lives in fear of the chinese authorities. At the age of 80, xue yinxian has had to begin a whole new life. She fled to germany a few months ago, together with her son yang weidong and his wife. The move from china to the shores of Lake Constance has meant a huge change for her. But even here, she lives in fear of the communist regime in beijing. And yet, she used to be part of that regime herself. As a sports doctor, she was responsible for chinas top athletes duri...

In china, has been talking to our reporters. The 80yearold has recently been granted Refugee Status here in germany. But still she lives in fear of the chinese authorities. At the age of 80, xue yinxian has had to begin a whole new life. She fled to germany a few months ago, together with her son yang weidong and his wife. The move from china to the shores of Lake Constance has meant a huge change for her. But even here, she lives in fear of the communist regime in beijing. And yet, she used to be part of that regime herself. As a sports doctor, she was responsible for chinas top athletes duri...

Ethnic Kazak herdsmen move their livestock to summer pastures in Fuhai County of Altay, northwest C

China Focus: Hit TV series puts Xinjiang's millennia-old nomadic culture under spotlight-

Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China's northwestern Xinjiang region with metres-high snow and fickle weather impeding evacuation, state TV reported on Tuesday. Road access to Hemu village, a scenic destination near the borders of Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia where the tourists were trapped, has been cut off by avalanches for several days now. The village is situated in Xinjiang's Altay Prefecture where continuous snowfall in some areas has lasted 10 days, it said.