Silk Road

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…

China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian nation, as Beijing seeks to cement its hold over a neighbour increasingly isolated by the West.But no major new projects were agreed during the two-day visit by President Xi Jinping, the first…

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China and Myanmar on Saturday inked 33 deals aimed at speeding up key infrastructure projects to provide Beijing a stepping stone to the Indian Ocean after a meeting between President Xi Jinping and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, as the Communist nation r…

By: Reuters | Naypyitaw | Published: January 18, 2020 5:15:34 pm Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, January 18, 2020. (Reuters)China and Myanmar inked do…

The Raging Twenties started with a bang with the targeted assassination of Irans General Qasem Soleimani. Yet a bigger bang awaits us throughout the decade: the myriad declinations of the New Great Game in Eurasia, which pits the US against Russia, China and…

By Sam Aung Moon MYITKYINA, Myanmar (Reuters) - The streets of Myanmars capital Naypyitaw were festooned with banners celebrating 70 years of Myanmar-China relations ahead of the arrival of President Xi Jinping on Friday for his first visit to the Southeast …