The man tasked with these missions was a diplomat and explorer named Zhang Qian. Qian didn’t accomplish this overnight, obviously. In fact, it took decades, in times when any moderately long journey ...

[Photo/CHINA ACADEMY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE] In 138 BC, Chinese diplomat Zhang Qian carried with him the great expectations of the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BCAD 24) to travel westward ...

Zhang Qian who was dispatched by Emperor Wu of Han to establish relations with the tribe of Da Yuezhi was captured by the Xiongnu nomadic enemies of Han and detained in the court for 10 years ...

The 1938 excavation of the tomb of Zhang Qian, a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk Road across Central Asia, launched the study of archaeology at Northwest University in China ...

BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Since diplomat and imperial envoy Zhang Qian's expedition westwards more than 2,000 years ago, a path connecting China and the outside world has come into ...

They will present Chinese dance drama Zhang Qian as the opening performance. "Throughout its history, Xinjiang has been marked by a high degree of cultural exchange between the East and the West ...