"The Cao family rulers of Dunhuang had consistently identified with and subscribed to the authority of the central Chinese ...

Dunhuang's location, over 1,000 kilometers from the Chinese heartland and a vital stop along the ancient Silk Road made it ... decades after the mission of Zhang Qian, the pioneering envoy who ...

Over 2,000 years ago, Zhang Qian, an envoy of the Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220), made his journey to the Central Asia from Chang'an, and opened up the ancient Silk Road. Zhang's feat was described ...

Follow a young bookworm and a Persian cat as they relive Zhang Qian’s epic journey – braving the ... linking ancient dreams to modern visions. From the Silk Road’s origins to today’s Belt and Road, it ...

Over 2,000 years ago, Zhang Qian (164-114 B.C.) made two diplomatic missions to Central Asia, and opened up the Silk Road that connected Chang’an, today’s Xi’an and capital of ancient China’s Western ...

“In October 2013, during a speech in Indonesia, Chinese president Xi Jinping called for the development of a ‘Maritime Silk Road,’ to compliment the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ that he had ...

Silk Road-linked wallets moved 3,421 BTC worth around $322.5 million after a decade of being dormant. One wallet transferred 2,343 Bitcoin worth around $220M, while the second wallet transferred 1079 ...

The burgeoning program located in the Northeast hadn't qualified an individual golfer before the 2012-2013 season, but the dedication of its golfers never wavered on its road to finding national ...