(CNN) — Located in north-central China, the ancient city of Xi’an ... It safeguarded a city where many travelers’ Silk Road journeys began, one 13 Chinese dynasties chose as their capital.

Two major archaeological sites along the ancient Silk Road opened to the public in northwest China on Thursday ... present an overall and more diverse picture of the Silk Road culture to the ...

The "Silk Road" refers to a series of routes that crisscrossed Eurasia from the first millennium B.C.E. through the middle of the second millennium C.E. The best known segment of the Silk Road began ...

For many scholars, it was responsible for opening up the Silk Road trade routes connecting China with the rest of Eurasia ... these two perspectives together that we can get a complete picture.” ...

Xi Jinping enhanced China’s sway in ... Mr. Xi announced a “Maritime Silk Road” to link countries across Southeast Asia and South Asia to East Africa. Image A picture of Joko Widodo ...

Local officials talked of hosting foreign consulates, in an echo of its past as an important stop for Silk Road ... exaggerate China’s good deeds. National leaders see the big picture, he ...

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennium ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, they hitched a ride along the Silk Road. A team of Chinese researchers has ...

However, it was mined and traded along the Silk Road in antiquity, the researchers noted. China and Europe, the beginning and end of the Silk Road, were the two most significant cinnabar-producing ...