{"id":34847,"date":"2021-03-29T10:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T09:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=34847"},"modified":"2021-03-29T10:58:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T09:58:38","slug":"mosques-in-china-are-being-turned-into-airbnbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/29\/mosques-in-china-are-being-turned-into-airbnbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosques in China are Being Turned Into Airbnbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese region of Xinjiang has been propelled into the global spotlight after it was discovered some of their historic mosques have been converted into Airbnbs to increase local economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Yining, in the north-west end of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region XUAR, has also witnessed many ancient architectural buildings and Uighur courtyards being transformed into modern-style buildings.<\/p>\n<p>This has caused conflict across different ethnic groups, with many showing concerns their religious and culturally significant sites are being eradicated, eliminating a huge part of their diverse history and traditional customs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/Handicrafts-being-made-for-sale.--300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a bid to protect their region and culture, local entrepreneurs are expanding an enterprise zone to sell their traditional crafts and create job opportunities for the community.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mosques being turned into Airbnbs\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WW2lHvdhzrY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WW2lHvdhzrY\">Mosques in China being turned into Airbnbs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mosques and building of cultural historic importance are being lost across regions of China in a bid to increase economic growth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":34867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-watch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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