This file photo taken on April 15, 2019 shows the KTZE-Khorgos Gateway Dry port, a logistics hub on the Kazakh side of the Kazakhstan-Chinese border, on April 15, 2019. – Traders travel freely through the bustling Khorgos special economic zone that straddles the Kazakhstan-China border, but signs on the Chinese side bear a blunt warning — no veils or long beards allowed. It’s a stark reminder of the severe security policies that China has imposed on mostly Muslim ethnic minorities in its vast border region of Xinjiang, which it considers crucial to the success of President Xi Jinping’s cherished Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). (Photo by ABDUAZIZ MADYAROV / AFP) (Photo credit should read ABDUAZIZ MADYAROV/AFP via Getty Images)