The Sino-French Cultural Exchange Space is a collaborative project between Beijing Language and Culture University and the ...

The same region that has been beset by various claims by Western interests in recent times. This is the context I am faced ...

Perched in the northern foothills of the Qilian Mountains, Zhangye Danxia National Geopark occupies a high, windswept shelf ...

BEIJING, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from People's Daily: Economic ties between China and Central Asian countries are gaining momentum. From record-high trade figures to deepening ...

The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) is an international collaborative effort to conserve, catalogue and digitise manuscripts, printed texts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from the Mogao caves ...

Camels, which evolved in ... By the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), they powered trade along the Silk Road, linking China to Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. More than transport animals, ...

At that time, Kargil was known as an important hub on the Treaty Road – a branch of the old Silk Road that connected China to Central Asia via Kashmir. "Kargil has always been tied to many parts ...

The Silk Road conjures images of caravans, desert steppes and adventurers like Marco Polo navigating the ancient trading routes connecting China with India, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. China’s ...

The Silk Road was a vast network of trade routes connecting China and other parts of Asia with the Middle East and Europe. It began around 130BC when China, under the Han dynasty, started trading ...

And although camels, silk and spices all played a role in the Silk Road - it is just a tip of the iceberg. A major new exhibition at the British Museum wants to dispel myths and shed light on the ...

Stories such as these have been amplified in domestic Chinese media to reinforce the importance of the Silk Road in China’s modern-day international relations.

Traders on the Silk Road then returned with exotic spices, nuts, and jewels from Europe and the Middle East. Starting around 200 BC and extending 4,000 miles, the Silk Road got its name from the ...