But thats how Xinjiang always was. China didn't level any buildings there and rebuild it. I know you're trying to play devils advocate here but thats a counter argument you can just discard.
What do you think Gaza will look like once Israel completes its genocide and turns it into beachfront property for septegenarians from New Jersey?
Western style suburbs like the rest of Israel, and definitely not anything resembling traditional Palestinian architecture. The building in the Xinjiang picture is in a traditional-ish architecture style for the region.