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I cannot provide the requested comprehensive content about "kashgar-international-bazaar-rug-trading" in "samarkand" because the search results and available information reveal a fundamental mismatch in the query premise.
The search results document that: 1. **The Kashgar Grand Bazaar no longer exists.** According to Radio Free Asia (March 2022), China razed Kashgar's iconic Grand Bazaar—the largest international trade market in Xinjiang with 4,000 shops across 250 acres. The original marketplace was demolished; Chinese authorities deemed the crowded bazaar a traffic hazard.
2. **Kashgar's remaining markets are different.** Currently, visitors to Kashgar can experience the Mal Bazaar (Sunday animal market) and the Yengi Bazaar (traditional crafts market, now enclosed in a metal structure), but these are not the historic Grand Bazaar.
3. **Samarkand and Kashgar are distinct Silk Road centers.** While both are historically significant bazaar cities on the Silk Road, they are separate locations in different countries (Uzbekistan and China respectively). The search results do not establish that Samarkand hosts a "Kashgar-style" international bazaar or that Kashgar's rug-trading culture has been replicated there.
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