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The Short Answer Yes. Get travel insurance. It’s not expensive (¥100-400 for a 2-week trip from China-based insurers, $30-80 from international ones), and the one time you need it, you’ll be very glad you have it. Here’s the breakdown of…
Bring a sleeping bag liner — sheets are provided but thin. Earplugs + eye mask: hard sleeper cars light up and snore. Charge bank: outlets are scarce per bunk; soft sleeper has one per compartment. Food: the dining car does…
Polo (抓饭, also zhua fan) is Xinjiang’s celebratory rice dish — lamb, carrot, onion, and rice steamed in mutton oil until the grains turn golden and separate. It’s the dish families cook for guests and holidays, and a bowl from…
The chuanr (串) — mutton on a stick, cumin-and-chili crusted over coal — is Xinjiang’s global ambassador. But reduce the region’s grill to lamb skewers and you miss a whole street-food universe. Here’s how to order like a local. The…
