In today's Almaty, two boulevards in parallel are named after Chinese musician Xian Xinghai and Kazakh composer Bakhytzhan Baikadamov.
Why are the streets named after the musicians?
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Follow Xinhua Correspondent Ma Zheng in Kazakhstan to find out the story behind it, a touching one about friendship forged in hardship.
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