China puts money on turning old Kashgar into a tourism paradise

A woman wearing traditional Uyghur attire posing in front of an ancient building in Kashgar. -- Photos: AFP

Chinese travellers throng the bazaars of old Kashgar, munching mutton kebabs and soaking up heavily commodified Uyghur culture – part of China’s push to remould troubled Xinjiang into a tourism paradise.

Kashgar, an ancient Silk Road oasis, was more recently on the frontlines of Beijing’s sweeping anti-terrorism campaign in the northwestern region.