Escape on the Silk Road

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  • The
  • thrilling
  • adventure
  • of
  • four
  • people
  • who
  • survive
  • an
  • airplane
  • crash
  • in
  • the
  • desolate
  • reaches
  • of
  • western
  • China.Three
  • of
  • the
  • survivors
  • (a
  • German
  • couple
  • and
  • a
  • Mongolian
  • Uighur
  • student)
  • have
  • been
  • expelled
  • from
  • China
  • because
  • of
  • anti-government
  • activities.
  • The
  • fourth
  • (an
  • American
  • forced
  • to
  • leave
  • his
  • NGO
  • work
  • in
  • Russia
  • when
  • that
  • country
  • invaded
  • Ukraine)
  • was
  • on
  • the
  • doomed
  • flight
  • by
  • happenstance.
  • With
  • no
  • recourse
  • to
  • await
  • 'rescue'
  • by
  • Chinese
  • authorities,
  • they
  • head
  • west
  • for
  • 2,300
  • miles
  • in
  • hopes
  • of
  • reaching
  • the
  • safety
  • of
  • Kazakhstan.Amid
  • the
  • backdrop
  • of
  • international
  • tensions,
  • they
  • are
  • pursed
  • by
  • a
  • Chinese
  • Ministry
  • of
  • State
  • Security
  • director
  • and
  • his
  • obstreperous
  • commanding
  • general,
  • who
  • declare
  • them
  • fugitives.
  • The
  • four
  • travel
  • the
  • incredibly
  • hazardous
  • route
  • of
  • the
  • ancient
  • Silk
  • Road
  • as
  • international
  • tensions
  • build
  • between
  • the
  • US
  • and
  • China
  • over
  • China's
  • stance
  • on
  • Taiwan
  • and
  • their
  • internal
  • handling
  • of
  • their
  • indigenous
  • Uighur
  • population.The
  • four
  • survivors
  • lay
  • clever
  • false
  • trails
  • by
  • hitchhiking,
  • boarding
  • trains,
  • and
  • riding
  • rickety
  • busses.
  • They
  • often
  • must
  • rely
  • on
  • the
  • kindness
  • of
  • common
  • folks
  • who
  • offer
  • them
  • a
  • helping
  • hand
  • as
  • they
  • wend
  • their
  • way
  • to
  • the
  • safety
  • of
  • Kazakhstan
  • where
  • they
  • are
  • finally
  • faced
  • with
  • the
  • daunting
  • task
  • of
  • sneaking
  • unnoticed
  • across
  • an
  • international border.
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