Karakoram Highway: Road of China-Pakistan friendship
A documentary on the Karakoram Highway broadcast recently on YouTube has amazed the internet users around the world. Here we take you up close to this "high road", a mega project that exemplifies the friendship between China and Pakistan.
A truck runs along the Karakoram Highway before the Karakorum Mountain range near Tashkurgan,
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 27, 2017. The highway stretches
over 1,200 kilometers through the Karakoram Mountain, connecting Pakistan and Kashgar in Xinjiang.
It's also known as China-Pakistan Friendship Highway. [Photo/VCG]
A woman herds two goats near one section of the Karakoram Highway in Northwest China's
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 27, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
A photo taken on June 27, 2017, shows the Karakoram Highway near Tashkurgan
in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/VCG]
A woman collects water from the Karakul Lake next to the Karakoram Highway, near Tashkurgan
in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 28, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
A man overlooks a section of the Karakoram Highway and the Karakorum Mountain range near
Tashkurgan in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 28, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
Trucks run along the Karakoram Highway near Tashkurgan in Northwest China's
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 28, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
A man uses a mobile phone next to the Karakoram Highway near Tashkurgan in Northwest China's
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 27, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
A man works on a telegraph pole near one section of the Karakoram Highway in Northwest China's
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 27, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
Three tourists visit a lake next to the Karakoram Highway near Tashkurgan in
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/VCG]
A photo taken on June 27, 2017, shows the sun rays shining through clouds over
the Karakorum Mountain range next to the Karakoram Highway near Tashkurgan
in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/VCG]
From China Daily