Old versus the New on the Silk Road

Does this make sense to you? To achieve UNESCO World Heritage site status, sections of an ancient temple must be demolished?  


Buddhist monks in central China are up in arms over government plans to demolish large sections of a Tang dynasty temple along the ancient Silk Road.

Buddhist monks in central China are up in arms over government plans to demolish large sections of a Tang dynasty temple along the ancient Silk Road.

More information:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9986613/Buddhist-monks-outraged-at-plans-to-bulldoze-centuries-old-temple.html