Demolition Plan for Kashgar

Chinese authorities in the East Turkistan have plans to redevelop traditional Uyghur homes in an historic Silk Road city.
Authorities in East Turkistan China have announced plans to redevelop an ancient area of housing in the Silk Road city of Kashgar, a major cultural center for the ethnic minority Uyghur population.
They think that "Demolishing some of the residential areas of Kashgar's old town for redevelopment is a good thing.and if without redevelopment, people will lose more"but this is just a kind of the execuse.
And now.the Chinese government is launching a three-billion yuan (U.S.$440 million) urban redevelopment plan that calls for the demolition of traditional Uyghur dwellings in the heart of the old city.

Net report:Beginning in late February, local officials began trying to move nearly 50,000 families out of Kashgar's ancient city center, saying it would rebuild dangerous structures, install water and electricity, and widen roads and alleyways.

"The ancient city is dangerous and has become susceptible to a serious earthquake disaster," the Web site said, adding: "With a history of more than 1,000 years, it is under constant erosion from the elements."

"We are worried about the redevelopment project.this is our birthpalce. are not belongs to goverment" he said to Washington reports.

Kashgar's old town is also considered one of the few authentic representations left standing of the traditional Uyghur way of life, which prominent Uyghurs in exile fear will be lost if the bulldozers move into the heart of Kashgar.
The Washington-based head of the Uyghur American Association Rebiya Kadeer said the planned demolition of Kashgar's old town was "an affront to Uyghur identity" and a bid to assimilate Uyghurs.
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