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In a shape of a dumbbell, Gansu Province runs along the narrow Hexi Corridor, the strategic section of the ancient Silk Road carrying goods from China to Central Asia.
Gansu is geographically divided into three parts - the Hexi Corridor, Gannan (Southern Gansu) and Eastern Gansu. Gannan is a minority patchwork woven by the ethinic diversty - Muslims, Tibetans, Bao'an and the Dongxiang people. They are said be the descendants of the 13th immigrants from Central Asia coming through the Silk Road for the trade and culture exchange. Dongxiang, Bao'an speak an Altaic language. From north to south, Gannan goes from the loess plateau to the fringe of Tibetan-Qinghai Plateau and from...
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