"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 ...

Twenty one hundred years ago, Zhang Qian, the special envoy of Emperor Wu, travelled to Central Asia and opened up the Silk Road. Six hundred years ago, Chinese admiral Zheng He commanded seven ...

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 ...

Two major archaeological sites along the ancient Silk Road opened to the public in northwest China on Thursday, the first day of the May Day holiday, offering new choices for travelers keen to ...

A dominant performance from Ron Silk in Wednesday‘s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park was nearly derailed during the final pit stop sequence of the ...

While attempting to exit pit road, Silk made contact with his long-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour rival Justin Bonsignore and spun. The contact resulted in damage to the front of Bonsignore‘s ...