Photo courtesy of Nicolas Marino
One rising city to be on the look out for in the next decade of China development is little-known Kashgar in the country’s western Xinjiang Autonomous Region. At just under a half a million people, Kashgar (in Chinese known as ‘ka shi’) sits at the far western part of China near the borders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, making it a strategic gateway to Central Asia.
As a matter of fact, Kashgar has more in common culturally with its post-Soviet neighbors to the west than is does with what is historically thought of as China. Once an important outpost on the Northern Silk Road, today the city is dominated by the Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic minority of Turkic origin.
This might not be the case for much longer. View full post »
by Adam Mayer
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saleem - I intend to set up a red wine factory in Kashgar.
But I wonder what are real estate prices in Kashgar special economic zone?
Will I and can get any relief on real estate price for my proposed factory.
Thanking you.
saleem