On Thursday, China’s state-owned Xinhua News Agency unveiled an ongoing feature entitled “New Silk Road, New Dreams.” The series promises to “dig up the historical and cultural meaning of ...

Fly above Xinjiang, a vast and diverse region in western China, where rugged mountains, vast deserts, and vibrant cities ...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever conceived. Launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping ...

N ew research suggests that domestic cats first appeared in China around 600 CE, likely arriving via the Silk Road trade ...

In an era of increasing global uncertainty, Xi's call for high-quality cooperation grounded in the China-Central Asia Spirit ...

Archaeology & History China’s First Domestic Cats Took the Silk Road 1,400 Years Ago, New Study Finds. The analysis found the oldest domestic cat dated to the Tang Dynasty, when trade was at its ...

A map (left) of the Silk Road during the Western Han Dynasty. Another map (right) showing the location of the newfound burial (red triangle). The black triangles are cinnabar mines.

India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor: Barring a small stretch of railroad that has to be built by Saudi Arabia, the entire corridor is complete.