Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

(220518) -- URUMQI, May 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Halida Yilahun (R) shows photos to a neighbor at her home museum in Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Gao Han)

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

(220518) -- URUMQI, May 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Halida Yilahun (L) prepares a meal with her neighbor at her home kitchen in Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Gao Han)

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

(220518) -- URUMQI, May 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Halida Yilahun adjusts curtains at her home restaurant in Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Gao Han)

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

(220518) -- URUMQI, May 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo shows Halida Yilahun (4th R, rear) posing during her daughter's graduation performance in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua)

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

(220518) -- URUMQI, May 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Halida Yilahun (R) shows her instrument collection to a neighbor at her home museum in Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Gao Han)

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

(220518) -- URUMQI, May 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo shows Halida Yilahun (3rd L, 4th row) posing during the wedding of her elder daughter Muhramu in Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Du Ronglu (2nd R, 3rd row) attended the wedding. (Xinhua)

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

Xinhua Headlines: Multiethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

(220518) -- URUMQI, May 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Halida Yilahun opens the gate and rings the doorbell to greet guests at her home restaurant in Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Gao Han)

Multi-ethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity

STORY: Multi-ethnic family reflects Xinjiang's diversity, unity DATELINE: May 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Urumqi CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Halida's restaurant and her family 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HALIDA YILAHUN, Restaurant owner 3. various of ethnic groups in Xinjiang STORYLINE: In the city of Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a restaurant called Rose Garden stands out for the great variety of foods it serves. Diners of different ethnic groups can always find one or two dishes to their liking on the menu, whether it be the Uygur pilaf, the Tartar pastries, the Kazakh Naren, or the dumplings favored by the Han people. The owner of the restaurant, Halida Yilahun, a Uygur, said the secret of her restaurant's rich menu lies in her big extended family of more than 50 members, who are from different ethnic groups. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HALIDA YILAHUN, Restaurant owner "There are six ethnic groups in my family, which are Tatar, Uzbek, Han, Uygur, Russ

Japanese man meets Indonesian independence leaders' descendants

Japanese man meets Indonesian independence leaders' descendants

Toaji Nishimura (far R) from Tokyo meets descendants of Indonesia's independence leaders, including the country's first Vice President Mohammad Hatta's daughter Halida (far L) and first President Sukarno's grandson Romy (next to her), at the Museum of the Declaration of Independence in Jakarta on Aug. 16, 2015. Nishimura's father Tadashi Maeda, a senior naval officer stationed on Java Island, helped the leaders write the declaration that was announced on Aug. 17, 1945, two days after the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo