Richard Spencer: Fibre of Silk Road city is ripped apart

From the Daily Telegraph:

In its 2,000-year history, Kashgar, a once fabled oasis between the Taklamaken Desert and the Pamir Mountains, has been ruled by Turks, Mongol khans and Chinese, and seen wrenching changes of fortune.

But it has never seen such a transformation as the five-year cultural revolution, now drawing to a close, inflicted by its Chinese overlords.