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To Protect an Ancient City, China Moves to Raze It
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NEW YORK TIMES -- Over the next few years, Chinese officials say, they will demolish at least 85 percent of the warren of picturesque, if run-down homes and shops of Kashgar's Old City. Demolition is deemed an urgent necessity because an earthquake could strike at any time, collapsing centuries-old buildings and killing thousands, but critics fret about a different disaster. Read More
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