Interview about bridging divides through skateboarding in China

Xinjiang Skateboarding

If you live under a rock then you probably don’t know about the issues between ethnic minorities and the Han majority of China, especially the issues facing the people of the Xinjiang region of northwestern China.

Here’s a great article of a skateboarder traveling out to Xinjiang to find out more about this remarkable and tradition-rich region of China. The fact that the skateboarder is himself Han Chinese is a great way to see things through his perspective.

We’ll find out how you can purchase his phonebook…

Read the interview here:

http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/q-a-xie-shi-on-the-brotherhood-of-skateboarding-in-chinas-far-west/?_r=0

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