A new book recounts the last leg of a 40,000km Silk Road odyssey, revealing the age-old sights and sounds of the Middle ...

Bell Tower Xi’an 2018 and 1997 [Photo by Bruce Connolly/chinadaily.com.cn] Xi’an, capital of China’s Shaanxi Province, is one of the nation’s oldest cities, tracing its ... At the eastern end of the ...

The Belt and Road Initiative was first proposed ... but stories of legendary characters such as Fa Xian, Xuan Zang, Alopen Abraham and Zheng He are more delightful. Since the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), ...

Ross Ulbricht, formerly known online by the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts" (a nod to the novel "The Princess Bride"), is known today as the founder of the Silk Road marketplace, a former site on ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. A wallet linked to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of illegal drug marketplace Silk Road, received ...

Telling the Stories and Spreading the Spirit of the Silk Road The Fourth Silk Road Friendship Ceremony was held in Kuqa, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on May 28th. At the ...

The Silk Road, the ancient trading route that spanned from Asia toward the West, is where we find journalist Paul Salopek these days. Salopek began his "Out of Eden" walk four years ago in Ethiopia.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has been named the Inspirational Literary Figure for Silk Road Poets by the World Silk Road Forum.