Singing competition, horse race events held in NW China’s Qinghai
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An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 15, 2025 shows a scene during a Guozhuang dance party in Gonghe County of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province. A singing competition of Tibetan love songs “Layi” is held in conjunction with a horse race here from Aug. 15 to 21. Evening parties featuring Tibetan square dance Guozhuang are also hosted in duration of the two events. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
Riders are pictured in a horse race in Gonghe County of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, on Aug. 17, 2025. A singing competition of Tibetan love songs “Layi” is held in conjunction with a horse race here from Aug. 15 to 21. Evening parties featuring Tibetan square dance Guozhuang are also hosted in duration of the two events. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
People watch a horse race in Gonghe County of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, on Aug. 17, 2025. A singing competition of Tibetan love songs “Layi” is held in conjunction with a horse race here from Aug. 15 to 21. Evening parties featuring Tibetan square dance Guozhuang are also hosted in duration of the two events. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
Riders are pictured in a horse race in Gonghe County of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, on Aug. 17, 2025. A singing competition of Tibetan love songs “Layi” is held in conjunction with a horse race here from Aug. 15 to 21. Evening parties featuring Tibetan square dance Guozhuang are also hosted in duration of the two events. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
Participants are pictured during a singing competition of Tibetan love songs “Layi” in Gonghe County of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, on Aug. 17, 2025. A singing competition of Tibetan love songs “Layi” is held in conjunction with a horse race here from Aug. 15 to 21. Evening parties featuring Tibetan square dance Guozhuang are also hosted in duration of the two events. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
A rider is pictured in a yak race in Gonghe County of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, on Aug. 19, 2025. A singing competition of Tibetan love songs “Layi” is held in conjunction with a horse race here from Aug. 15 to 21. Evening parties featuring Tibetan square dance Guozhuang are also hosted in duration of the two events.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
