This photo taken on June 12, 2025 shows the glazed bracelets displayed at the China (Hainan) Museum of the South China Sea in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province. A great number of exhibits ...

Faunal remains, ranging from horses, sheep, and goats to fish and game birds, reveal a mixed economy based on pastoralism, ...

While the ancient Silk Road witnessed robust trade and cultural exchanges between China and Central Asia, Xi sees in the region an important partner in modern-day Belt and Road cooperation. An aerial ...

Along ancient Silk Road, Xi cultivates new bonds with Central Asia. Xinhua | Updated: 2025-06-13 19:42 ... Since then, he has traveled to the region eight times, ...

AS tensions flare up between modern-day Iran and Israel — through drone warfare, cyberattacks and regional proxy clashes — ...

The British painter has dedicated her career to depicting human flesh, especially that of women, with deep empathy.

Perched high above the Calavon Valley, this village seems to spill down the rocky slope, with stone houses layered against a ...

Along the ancient Silk Road, glimpses of the old and new. 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.

Uzbekistan’s cultural gems are becoming more accessible with new trains. Here, how to see the Silk Road by rail. Maya Kachroo-Levine is the digital senior editor at Travel + Leisure. She covers ...

In the autumn of 2022, while visiting the storied Silk Road city of Samarkand, Xi presented Uzbek President Mirziyoyev with a special gift: a miniature of Khiva, a historic Silk Road outpost.