"My name is Parhat Alimjan. I am Uygur, and I am 27 years old. After I graduated from the Communication University of China in 2008, I started a folk rock band with my friends. You must have heard me singing if you have been to the Guyu Bar in Houhai in Beijing. My family hopes I will get married soon, I think I should find a girlfriend first." Photo by Kurbanjan Samat / For China Daily

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