Silk Road

For the first time a collection of rare artifacts that gives a fuller sense of the once-thriving Jewish community on the Silk Road will be on display to the public as part of “Life in Medieval Khorasan: A Geniza from the National Library of Israel" at The Sta…

The new Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG) recently elaborated on his vision to make his country the richest black Christian nation on earth through a combination of fairer resource deals with transnational corporations and a renewed focus on the agricu…

Hot off of record-breaking Pikes Peak and Goodwood climbs and a blistering Nürburgring record as well, Volkswagen decided it was time to bring the ID.Rs talents east to Tianmen Mountain in China to demonstrate what its electrified performance cars can do on y…

Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO and the Indian School of Business have signed a partnership agreement during the Eastern Economic Forum thats currently being held in the Russian city of Vladivostok in the Far East region. Andrei Sharonov, the President o…

Newcomers to dim sum — the Chinese meal of shareable small bites, mostly buns and dumplings — might find the concept a tad intimidating: the bustling dining room full of chatting clusters of friends and family, leaning over pots of steaming tea, chopsticks in…

Credible reports have been circulating that this year’s Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok will see the formalization of the Vladivostok-Chennai Maritime Corridor between the Russian Far East and India, which would be the key to comprehensively diversifyin…

What's the best way to get your new electric SUV prototypes to the Frankfurt motor show? Well, if you are Chinese EV manufacturer Aiways, you drive them. From China, that is. The Shanghai-based "personal mobility provider" (as the company likes to call itse…

Xinhua Silk Road: Liuyang Steamed Cuisine Creative Food Show held in Beijing

(Bloomberg) -- The runway at the Xanana Gusmao International Airport on Timor-Lestes southern coast is deathly quiet apart from roosters crowing on nearby farms. Built in 2017 to accommodate a $12 billion energy project, its now barely being used: The only sc…

The worlds major powers are in the middle of an artificial intelligence (AI) arms race. Over the next several years, China expects to deploy a fleet of unmanned submarines in contested waters like the South China Sea. Russia has tested its robotic tank on the…