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...than to Beijing. And while its history is rich - most agree at least 2,000 years old - many Uighurs in Kashgar see their culture and heritage as under attack by the Chinese government. In the latest move, authorities have started to demolish Kashgar's old town - an atmospheric, mud-brick maze of courtyard homes, winding cobblestone streets plied by donkey carts, and dozens of centuries-old mosques. By some accounts, at least 85% of Old Kashgar will be knocked down. Many expect the ancient quarter, considered one of Central Asia's best preserved sites of Islamic architecture, to disappear almost...
...Mongolian capital Ulan Bator, "Shoot the Chinese" is spray-painted on a brick wall near a movie theater. A pair of swastikas and the words "Killer Boys ...! Danger!" can be read on a fence in an outlying neighborhood of yurt dwellings. Graffiti like this, which can be found all over the city, is the work of Mongolia's neo-Nazis, an admittedly implausible but often intimidating, and occasionally violent, movement...
Defiantly and accurately proclaiming, “I'm still standing," John strutted around the stage like a fabulous hobbit, decked out in a black coat emblazoned with the sparkling image of a yellow brick road on the back. Through a thrilling display of rock and roll at its finest, climaxing with a thunderous rendition of "Rocket Man," Sir Elton showed why he is music royalty...
There's the story about the billionaire American who buys an ancient English castle and has it moved brick by brick to Texas. But the lawn, which has also been cut into pieces and transported, doesn't have its old lustrous green. "How do I make it look beautiful again?" the American asks the British lord, who replies, "Just leave it out in the rain and tend it lovingly for a thousand years." (See TIME's photos: Fifty years of the hovercraft...
...1980s was one of constant change. The idea is that there's a lot of dead wood out there and people should be constantly moving, in lockstep with the market. If a company isn't constantly restructuring and changing, then it's stagnant and inefficient, a big lumbering brick. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...