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Kashgar is the midpoint of the 2,000-year-old Silk Road. Home to the largest Sunday bazaar in the world, the city's mercantile culture has not waned with time.

In 60 BC, to ensure the Silk Road stayed untrammelled, the Han Dynasty set up a Western Regions Command in Xinjiang, officially incorporating Kashgar into Chinese territory.

A truck travelling on Pakistan’s Karakoram Highway, near the China–Pakistan border. Photo: Christopher Wilton-Steer Few places conjure up the myths and legends of the Silk Road quite like Kashgar.

Kashgar is also a great launch point for various trips around the region, especially the Karakorum Highway that connects western China to Pakistan, and passes by Karakul Lake 410 km from the city.

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Despite Kashgar's distinctive and lively atmosphere, the city has not yet been overrun by hoards of tourists. Husan, who has worked as a tour guide since 2002, says that tourists first became ...