The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia, Africa ...

I travel the world reporting on emerging markets and China overseas. The New Silk Road is the defacto label applied to the emerging network of infrastructure mega-projects, enhanced transportation ...

From Kenya to Kazakhstan, there is a new Silk Road connecting transport hubs, ports, cities and countries. In four different locations, this series hears from those whose lives are being ...

The 8th-century Shôsôin collection of objects, which originally belonged to a Japanese emperor, is the single most important group of Silk Road-related luxury items still in existence. This collection ...

When it comes to international trade everyone knows how important passages like the Suez Canal are for the world’s economy ... route called ‘the Arctic Silk Road’ is getting a lot of ...

At one point, Japan was the world's biggest exporter. On this episode of Journeys in Japan, Sheila Cliffe from the UK follows the Silk Road from northern Kanto, once a major production area ...