China conspicuously left Kashgar off the list of Silk Road sites the government submitted ... one by one—scenes from the Sunday animal market, where Uighurs from rural Xinjiang meet to buy ...

walked thousands of miles of the Silk Road, crossing the Hindu Kush where few modern climbers dare. He noted the vibrant multiethnicity of its market cities, such as Kashgar, where he spotted peop ...

Cities along the Silk Road such as Kashgar and Samarkand were “nestled in vast agricultural oases”, according to Mr Silvia.