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'''Chini-Bagh''' was the [[Kashgar]], [[Xinjiang]] residence of [[George Macartney (British consul)|George Macartney]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain's]] [[Diplomatic consulate|consul-general]] and his wife, [[Catherine Macartney|Lady Catherine Macartney]], for 28 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/blue-sign-outside-the-chini-bagh-hotel-in-kashgar-xinjiang-news-photo/71768463 |title=Residence of British consul in Chini-Bagh}}</ref> Over the years, Chini-Bagh saw a variety of Central Asian explorers, including [[Marc Aurel Stein|Aurel Stein]], [[Father Hendricks]], [[Albert von Le Coq]], [[Sven Hedin]], [[A.R.B. Shuttleworth]] and two of [[Count Otani]]'s Central Asian [[archaeologist]]s/[[Espionage|spies]], [[Eizaburo Nomura]] and [[Zuicho Tachibana]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hopkirk|first=Peter|authorlink=Peter Hopkirk|title=Foreign Devils on the Silk Road|year=1980|isbn=0-87023-435-8}}</ref>

The phrase "Chini-Bagh" means ''Chinese Garden'' in the [[Uyghur language]]. Although the house still stands, its famed gardens were later destroyed to make room for the Chini Bagh hotel.

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