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By THERESA REYNOLDS
Rappahannock Ncw> Contributing Writer
The ancient silk road leads into Central Asia, the westernmost province of China, where Buddhist, Moslem and Confucian cultures still mingle as they did a thousand years ago along remote caravan routes and by sacred Chinese mountains. Here, the east’s diverse and exotic cultures come together, and evidence remains in the cities long ruined in the desert, nomadic people, mosques and bazaars.
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