The Arctic journey is billed as the first step in China’s quest to open a “Polar Silk Road,” a commercial shipping route ...

The history of the Silk Road, a vast network of ancient and medieval trade routes connecting Beijing and Hangzhou with Constantinople and Cairo, has mostly been focused on its endpoints: China and the ...

Each conference should have at least one brain-disabling paper. You know, the one during which you doze off to recharge your mental batteries, prepare your own paper which will be in the next panel, ...

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Adventure Adviser: According to a recent article from a great travel resource (because it was in a competitor’s magazine, I’ll leave the source unnamed), travel along the Silk Route is entirely ...

Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, will host the 2019 edition of Routes Silk Road, the route development forum for the CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Central Asia. Routes Silk Road ...

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Silk, tea and spices weren't the only things that travelers carried on China's legendary Silk Road: Ancient poop shows that infectious diseases were also transported along this network of trade routes ...