Archaeologists in China have discovered a unique burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, with a toxic ...

Beijing is facing a lot of criticism for its alleged debt diplomacy. Using the example of five countries, we illustrate both the risks inherent in the Belt and Road Initiative and where China is ...

The Silk Road was the first great globalization scheme. From 130 B.C. to 1453 A.D., ideas, goods, cultures, and religions ...

One way to understand the scope of the Belt and Road Initiative is to look at where most students at Chinese universities come from, namely Central Asia, Africa, and South America. For them, the ...

The modern world’s pet cats are products of a long process of domestication and trade. It began some 10,000 years ago in modern-day Turkey, when Anatolians tamed and befriended Near Eastern ...

A 2,200-year-old burial discovered in northwestern China has revealed the remains of a woman with teeth stained using cinnabar, a toxic red mineral. The burial site, located in Turpan City, dates ...

The Havighurst Center focused on the historical and contemporary cultures of the Silk Road during the academic years 2005-6 and 2006-7. As part of that focus, 15 Miami faculty received a ...