35 Killed in Landslide in Remote Village in northwest China’s Xinjiang

A landslide that has killed 35 people cut off roads, electricity and telecommunications in a remote village County in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. As the village, deep in the Kunlun Mountains, has lost contact with the outside, rescuers had to ride donkeys or walk to the site, according to the region’s publicity office. The rain-triggered landslide struck the village in Kokyar Township in Yecheng County of Kashgar Prefecture in small hours of Wednesday, burying houses and the occupa