Chinese Cemetery Or China Yadgar With Graves And Tombs Of Chinese Soldiers And Workers On Karakoram Highway Gilgit Pakistan Editorial Image

Gilgit, Pakistan - September 30, 2016: Graves at the Chinese Cemetery or China Yadgar in Gilgit, Pakistan. The graveyard is the final resting place for many Chinese workers, mostly soldiers, who died in Pakistan during the construction of the Karakoram Friendship Highway KKH in the 1960s and 1970s. The KKH connects Pakistan`s Gilgit-Baltistan province with the Chinese province of Xinjiang. The cemetery was established in the early 1970s. The tombstones placed over the graves contain epitaph inscriptions in Chinese characters.