Silk Road

Leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis) lived alongside people in China for thousands of years before domestic cats arrived with Silk Road merchants. (Image credit: Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Getty Images) Humans were living alongside leopard cats in settlements in ancient China more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived, new research shows. The findings…

The Middle East is no longer asking whether it should develop domestic space capabilities; it’s deciding with whom it will develop them. If the United States wants to be the country of choice ahead of China, it must create a joint space partnership agreement framework to align American and partner…

When I received the invitation to come to Kunming city of Yunnan province in South Western China for the 2025 Media Cooperation Forum on Belt and Road and Silk Road Global News Award, I never imagined that it would be a remarkable opportunity for me to explore most of the…

The opening ceremony of the Global Mayors Dialogue Dunhuang is held in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 13, 2025. A forum bringing together mayors or their representatives, diplomats and scholars from 10 countries opened on Monday in Dunhuang, a city along the ancient Silk Road in northwest China's Gansu…

The accession ceremony of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts (Volumes II and III) is held at the Hunan Museum in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai) CHANGSHA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Two volumes of Chinese silk manuscripts dating back about 2,300 years have been returned…

China is advancing its “ health silk road ” in Africa by initiating major offshore projects to manufacture essential medicines, such as insulin and antiretrovirals. Nigeria is set to produce Chinese-made insulin, while in the Ivory Coast further west, Chinese giant Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical is on track to complete the…

People visit the Silk Road e-commerce zone at the 4th Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 25, 2025. The 4th Global Digital Trade Expo, an event that promotes digital trade and industrial cooperation among partners, kicked off in Hangzhou on Thursday, with the participation of…

This photo taken on Sept. 21, 2025 shows the exterior view of the venue of the 8th Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province. More than 1,200 representatives from 97 countries and eight international organizations have gathered at the 8th Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural…

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Tourists enjoy the scenery of Danxia landform in the rain at the Danxia National Geological Park in Zhangye, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Bin) SHANGHAI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A tourism promotion event highlighting the Hexi Corridor, a key artery of the ancient Silk Road, was…