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This photo taken on July 20, 2023 shows a man preparing shawarma at the Old Kashgar tourist area in China's northwestern Xinjiang region. Chinese travellers throng the bazaars of old Kashgar, munching mutton kebabs and soaking up heavily commodified Uyghur culture -- part of a government push to remould troubled Xinjiang into a tourism paradise. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) / TO GO WITH: China Xinjiang Uyghurs tourism, FOCUS by Matthew WALSH (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)