Kashgar, an ancient Silk Road gateway tucked into China’s far west corner, doesn’t boast a huge number of tourist attractions. But for me, it was a city brought to life by its people – a place steeped in Uyghur culture, where artisans, shopkeepers, and barbers intermingle in what, from afar, can appear to be a series of historical tableaus, giving visitors a snapshot of how people did things for hundreds, if not thousands of years, in the times of the ancient Silk Road.

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