Xinjiang has been the homestead of Han and other northwest minority groups since the ancient times. It has been cultivated and developed by them together.
Over 700 years ago, Marco Polo opened up the contacts between China and Italy. Later, Matteo Ricci and Giuseppe Castiglione brought closer our two peoples.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh often acted as co-pilot for her famous aviator husband, Charles Lindbergh, and together, they explored new air routes across several oceans.
When Murlock built his cabin and began laying sturdily about with his axe to hew out a farm - the rifle, meanwhile, his means of support - he was young, strong and full of hope.
Opening up new farmland was a possibility, but most of what was suitable had already been exploited and further reclamation was technically unfeasible.
Throughout history it is men - from Viking invaders battling their way into new areas to pioneering farmers taking wives - who have made the biggest impact on the spoken word.