CGTN published this video item, entitled “Live: Yes! I do – Celebrating a local wedding in Xinjiang 新疆塔城邂逅一场浪漫的婚礼” – below is their description.
Located on the border of #China and Kazakhstan, Tacheng City in the #Xinjiang #Uygur Autonomous Region is renowned in China for its #ethnic diversity, including people of Uygur, Russian, Mongolian and Kazak backgrounds. CGTN has been invited to a local wedding in Tacheng City. Follow CGTN reporters He Weiwei and Tang Bo to find out more about the #wedding customs. #AmazingXinjiang
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China is the third largest country in the world by area and the largest country in the world by population. Properly known as the People’s Republic of China, the political territory of the country includes Tibet and Hong Kong. The capital is Beijing.
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country mainly located in Central Asia with a smaller portion west of the Ural River in Eastern Europe.
Kazakhstan is the world’s largest landlocked country. It has a population of 18.3 million residents, and has one of the lowest population densities in the world. Since 1997, the capital is Nur-Sultan, formerly known as Astana. It was moved from Almaty, the country’s largest city.
Kazakhstan was the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence during the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Kazakhstan is the most dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region’s GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources. Kazakhstan is a member of the United Nations (UN), WTO, CIS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Eurasian Economic Union, CSTO, OSCE, OIC, CCTS, and TURKSOY.