The history of the Silk Road, a vast network of ancient and medieval trade routes connecting Beijing and Hangzhou with Constantinople and Cairo, has mostly been focused on its endpoints: China and the ...

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Two high-altitude, medieval cities built by mobile herders along Silk Road trade routes in Central Asia have been hiding in plain sight — until now. Mountainous regions typically have been seen as ...

The name ‘Silk Road’ evokes images of Marco Polo and endless camel caravans stretching from Beijing to Baghdad and on to the Venetian Lagoon. But the fact is there was no single, definitive trail.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Dai Mochinaga is a senior researcher at the Keio Research Institute at SFC. China ...

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 hotels ...

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The China-Central Asia Cooperation Development Forum and the Third Silk Road International Communication Forum were held on Sunday in Astana, the ...

The first shipments of China’s coronavirus vaccines have begun to arrive here in Central Asia. Suspicion is widespread, a testament to the ambiguity of Beijing’s past promises and failure to use the ...

For hundreds of years the Bactrian camel ploughed a lonely furrow across the vast wilderness of Asia. This bizarre-looking, temperamental yet hardy creature here came into its own as the core goods ...

Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group Limited announced a significant reshuffle in its board, with the resignation of Dr. Liu Ka Ying Rebecca as an independent non-executive director, and the appointment ...