Across China: From horseback to train, a Tajik conductor's journey

URUMQI, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Unlike her elder generations, who rarely left the pastoral areas in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Airkir Duliki has frequently traveled through various areas of Xinjiang and other parts of China, mostly by train.

Airkir Duliki is China's first Tajik train conductor, working for the Chengdu fleet of the China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd.

The 27-year-old is