Mystery Complex in Xinjiang Not Complex, Not a Mystery
At Ogle Earth (via Bill Bishop), Stefan Geens addresses speculation over Google Earth images of a Xinjiang construction site so mysterious that “Even an Ex-CIA Analyst Isn’t Sure” what is being built there. Geens’ conclusion, in light of Kashgar’s 2010 designation as a special ...
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Um…the pictures in question show a large number of blown-up cars and trucks, and not to far away, a equally impressive number of blown-to-smithereens buildings.
I’m not at all surprised that the Chinese military would have a practice range, but I am quite curious to find Western observers rushing to pass this obvious bombardment zone off as some kind of future Special Economic Zone shopping mall. Unless they mean *really* special.
SanLan, like the guy who wrote the article linked above, I too have been to kashgar within the past year, so I can assure you there are not blown up cars and trucks (?) I have know idea where you are getting that from…
Right now kashgar is seeing a HUGE influx of investment because the CCP wants to restructure and tighten their net around Kashgar, the de facto cultural capital of Uyghurs. Indeed, almost all of the old city has been bulldozed and redone with new prefab ugly building as seen in the rest of that country… ugh. They say it’s because of the “fire hazard” of the old narrow lanes, which is a valid point, but with all these new huge condo high rises and it’s designation as a SEZ (which is basically to get the population of Han people there to rival that of the Uyghurs) it’s kind of obvious they are just trying to stomp out uyghur culture wherever they can it’s kind of sad.
Anyways, my main point is those are area where they are indeed contructing huge industrial parks and condo high rises I’ve seen it for myself several times flying and driving in and out of kashgar.