Ancient silk paintings dating to China’s Ming dynasty have yielded new clues about the domestication of brown rats, which according to researchers, could have spread to the rest of the world ...

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 ...

Long before modern trade agreements, merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty anchored off the coast of Melaka, their hulls heavy with silk, porcelain and tea. In return, Malaysia offered tin ...