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

Chinese President Xi Jinping and leaders of five Central Asian countries plant six pomegranate trees that represent close ...

The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

These early exchanges facilitated a remarkable exchange of goods, architectural styles, and technologies that fostered urban ...

Back in September 2013, also in Astana, Xi delivered a landmark speech at Nazarbayev University, where he first laid out his ...

Chinese silk weaving has a long history, dating back to the Neolithic period. The earliest known fragments of silk fabric dating back more than 4,700 years were unearthed at the Qianshanyang site in ...

Two volumes of 2,300-year-old silk books – the earliest known in China – arrived in Beijing from the United States in the early hours of Sunday, marking the end of their 79-year journey abroad.

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.