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Kashgar

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July 9th 2012
Kashgar is a mix of different cultures, Uighur and Chinese. Sop signs are in Uighur and mandarin. There is also a mixture of old and new. The new includes modern shops and offices and large neon billboards. The old includes the streets near the square with the yellow (Idgah) mosque and the decaying wooden balconies of the nearby housesabove the shop fronts. The shops include hats, jewellery, knive ... read more

Asia » China » Xinjiang

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more