As it was in the time of the Silk Road, Chengdu, the massive capital of Sichuan Province, is a shopping mecca—these days ...

David Kaplan has been working with silk for decades, molding and shaping it into scaffolds, sponges, and films. His lab, the ...

Teatime revels in China now include hugs with lion cubs in a four-course afternoon set offered by a restaurant in the ...

In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of tea making back to the British.

Corn silk tea is made from corn silk — the long, silky fibers that grow inside the husks of ears of corn. Corn silk itself is made from the stigma, the yellowish thread-like strands from the ...

Across China: Chinese dark tea steeps its way to popularity along Maritime Silk Road 0 Comment (s) Print E-mail Xinhua, January 15, 2025 Adjust font size: ...

Rome wanted silk, China had the goods. Here's how the Silk Roads got their start. As silk fabrics became all the rage in imperial Rome, explorers and merchants opened up land and sea routes ...

Global Times: China's earliest known silk texts return from US, signifying valuable example for recovering artifacts displaced through unethical means ...

The Smithsonian Transfers Rare 2,300-Year-Old Silk Manuscripts to China The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable ...

White tea is another rising star in China's cultural exports. Historically part of the Maritime Silk Road trade, it has long appeared in Southeast Asian and European markets.

The Nepal Tea-Tasting Festival: Strengthening Nepal-China Cultural Bonds, co-hosted by the Nepali Embassy in China and the Silk Road Cities Alliance, was held on Friday in Beijing.

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