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"text": "The Kizi Kuqa Beacon Tower\nStanding 6 mi. (10 km) west of Kuqa County, this ancient watchtower—or the weather-beaten remains of it—was one of many built along the southern arm of the Silk Road to protect traveling merchants and emissaries from bandits.",
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"text": "Under his instruction, Yasin Molla Memet and a dozen other followers in the Chinese territory broke into the homes of Kawul Tika and three other villagers in Kunas Village of Alahag Township, Kuqa County, Xinjiang, on April 29, 1996, killing four villagers and injured three others with explosives, guns and knives.",
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"ref": "2018, “Driverless tractors ease burden of Chinese cotton farmers”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency",
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