Cinese imprenditore Uighur Adil Memettur, a sinistra mostra il dado dolci (Qiegao) ha donato ai giornalisti mentre la loro distribuzione per gli abitanti dei villaggi locali interessati b
Chinese Uighur businessman Adil Memettur, left, shows nut cakes (Qiegao) he donated to reporters while distributing them to local villagers affected by the 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Longtoushan town, Ludian county, Zhaotong city, southwest Chinas Yunnan province, 7 August 2014. Adil Memettur spent more than 40 hours bumping along the road with 1, 400 boxes of his traditional Xinjiang cake before he finally arrived at the epicenter of the deadly quake in Yunnan province. The Xinjiang nut cake is nutritious and easily preserved. It is also Muslim food that suits the ethnic minorities in Yunnan, he said, adding that his 5, 000 kilograms of cake can feed 50, 000 people for a day. Adil, 24, has become a popular figure in the country for his online store selling the Xinjiang snack qiegao, also called marentang, a dense nougat made from nuts, candied fruits, and malt syrup. He has just graduated from Changsha University of Science and Technology in central Chinas Hunan with a major in equipment design and manufacturing. He and his employees made, cut and packed the cakes overnight to donate to the quake-ravaged area. His store has had to delay all orders from other customers in order to help the disaster victims.
