The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia, Africa ...

For over 1,600 years, merchants, traders, monks and soldiers who journeyed to China’s ancient capital of Xi’an to witness its magnificence travelled via the Silk Road. Now a UNESCO World ...

As the sun rose over the snow-capped peaks of the Qinling Mountains, a group of silver-haired retirees eagerly boarded a Silk ...

Along the length of one classroom wall, create a Silk Roads map made of construction paper with the names of key cities--Chang'an (modern-day Xi'an), Turfan ... the classroom showing pictures from ...

In keynote addresses to the Digital Silk Road (DSR) Development Forum held in Xian, capital of western Shaanxi province, ...

which can be reached in 24 days from China via the Panama Canal. And the Polar Silk Road will only be open in the summer for decades to come. Sea ice and vicious weather conditions will continue ...