In ancient China, the birthplace of silk ... blamed for making young women promiscuous. To historians, silk artifacts reflect the trade and social customs of past cultures. Researchers have ...

Quanzhou, a city with rich cultural diversity, is once again at the frontline of international collaborations. As it forges ...

Steer’s awe-inspiring photographs capture contemporary views of life along a series of 1,500-year-old trade routes.

The two natural candidates are the region’s historical powers, China and India, which were the world’s largest economies from ...

Some 40 km away, four caves of the Shengjinkou Grottoes in Turpan also opened to the public on Saturday, set to offer 300 visitor slots per day. The Shengjinkou site has 13 caves dating back to the ...

th century imperial silk paintings hint that explorer's voyages may have carried some unintended passengers, researchers say ...

India was an ancient hub of global trade, maintaining strong trade relations with the Roman Empire and the West--contrary to ...

URUMQI, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Two Buddhist cave complexes along the ancient Silk Road in ... in Xi'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, was once the main corridor for trade and cultural ...

URUMQI, 7 April (BelTA - China Daily) - Two Buddhist cave complexes along the ancient Silk Road in Northwest ... was once the main corridor for trade and cultural exchange between Asia and Europe.