Silk Road

At 7am the alarm went off (feel free to cue up the “waves” ringtone on your iPhone to set the mood). We were in our cushy-ish hotel in Naryn city after having a couple of days off to rest. This is ALWAYS when it is hardest to pry yourself from…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (L) and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping Since Nigeria joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2018 at a summit in Beijing, Nigeria has recorded tremendous success, resulting in being the Africas largest economy a…

Some frame the current U.S.-China relationship as the new Cold War. This is a mischaracterization because the United States and the Soviet Union, which is often referred to as the USSR, engaged in almost no trade during the Cold War. The two countries had lit…

The eventual completion of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) will either ease or exacerbate the Sino-Indo economic rivalry of the past few years depending on how New Delhi responds to Beijing’s latest trans-regional integration initiative, but whatev…

Advertisement At the end of last year, Russian envoy Nikolai Kudashev said that Moscow is hopeful about reaching a free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and India by 2020. Currently, the EAEU, an exclusive international organization…

Chinas rulers launched the New Silk Road venturea trillion-dollar development campaign that is often compared to the Marshall Planto promote connectivity across what they believed to be poorly integrated regions of Eurasia and Africa. Much to their surprise, …

We have two more new yarn bases for you this week, that we’re really excited about! Check out the new lines, plus re-stocks and pattern ideas below. Malabrigo Caprino – You’ll love Malabrigo’s newest line! This DK weight yarn is 80% Merino Wool and 20% Cashmere, dyed up in Malabrigo’s…

(CNN) A long time ago, Uzbekistan was the beating heart of the world. It sat at the center of the Silk Road, collecting and dispersing luxuries for trade to lands from China and India to the Mediterranean. More importantly, it sent rills of knowledge flowing… Read More

Russia and China are stepping up cooperation in the Arctic region, which is now regarded by Washington as the "principle challenge" to US security and prosperity. Glenn Diesen, a Norwegian author and academic, explains how Russia's Northern Sea Route (NSR) ma…

BEIJING: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit a remote area of northwest China's Xinjiang region late on Sunday (Jan 19), the US Geological Survey said. The shallow quake struck at 9.27pm (1327 GMT) around 100 kilometres east-northeast of the ancient Silk Road cit…