05-31-2011, 09:16 AM
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The Chinese call the road stretching from the Khunjerab Pass to Kashgar the China Friendship Rd or the ChinaPakistan Highway, Zhong-Pa Gong Lu (ChinaPak Big Rd). The road is generally in better condition on the Chinese side. It runs for 250km through the high, rounded valleys of the Taghdumbash Pamir, 70km down the Ghez River canyon and 80km to Kashgar across the flats at the edge of Xinjiangs Taklamakan Desert. This is a region of sublime scenery and weather extremes, a 2000-year-old passage for trade, plunder and religious ideas.
