And, like the ancient one, the new Silk Road will also begin in Xian. It’s the geographical center of China and also the gateway to Western China and countries beyond.

XiÁn has always been a global destination and has attracted visitors from all over the world and although most famous as the starting point of the Silk Road and home to the Terracotta warriors of ...

With the Silk Road in Xi’an undergoing major redevelopment works, the tourism industry along that historically and culturally rich road is poised to grow further. To help tourism stakeholders to ...

A new book recounts the last leg of a 40,000km Silk Road odyssey, revealing the age-old sights and sounds of the Middle Kingdom In the customs hangar where our minibus is being held on the border ...

This was the Silk Road which ran from China’s ancient capital Xian through the mythical cities of Central Asia and Persia, until it reached the bazaars of Istanbul and the markets of Venice.

The "Polar Silk Road" over the top of Eurasia isn't yet commercially viable, but when it does open it won't do much to change China's integration into the Pacific economy.

In 1998, the American cellist Yo-Yo Ma started to wonder if the Silk Road could offer a model for an alternate form of globalization, in which strangers from the lands crossed by ancient trade ...

The Silk Road was the first great globalization scheme. From 130 B.C. to 1453 A.D., ideas, goods, cultures, and religions flowed between this overland trade route connecting the Far East, China ...

And, like the ancient one, the new Silk Road will also begin in Xian. It’s the geographical center of China and also the gateway to Western China and countries beyond.

After a night in the quiet town of Tashkurgan, I catch a bus headed north for the historic Silk Road town of Kashgar, a five-hour drive away. Along the old rocky road, we pass hundreds of ...