Attacks slowing tourism in city

KASHGAR, Xinjiang - Rouzwaikam, a handicraft seller, sat with a bored look Thursday noon in front of his stall on a street behind the Id Kah Mosque, the largest mosque in China and a must-see for tourists in Kashgar.

The usually busy street aroused no excitement in him that day because he expected most shoppers, frightened by the lethal attacks that occurred in the city's downtown over the weekend, would stay away.

"It would have been a booming summer for my business but now it has been all ruined by the rioters," said the Uygur shop owner, who sells handicrafts made by his ethnic group to tourists. "I hate them."