Silk Road

Apple put a whole lot of love into Maps at WWDC. Top line features include much more detailed maps, improved road coverage and more detailed land cover and addresses. To create this, Apple drove 4 million miles in Apple Cars and sent planes into the air to …

Trump just dramatically increased trade tensions between the US and China after publicly demanding that President Xi hold talks with him at the G20 otherwise hell immediately impose tariffs on $300 billion worth of imports, which is nothing less than economic…

Chinese investments in Europe have reached dizzying heights in the last two decades but, while it poses an appealing opportunity for economic growth to some countries, it is seen as a direct threat by some of the continents wealthier states. Investments in th…

Despite sharing growing strategic interests with Russia and China, Ankara remains economically much more closely integrated with the West, if not even dependent

The economic rise of China, which lifted half a billion people out of poverty in less than two generations, is nothing short of a miracle. It is now widely understood that the countrys economic take-off is due to the scaling back of state planning in the earl…

Maldives conferred Countrys highest honour on PM Modi Prime Minister Modi was conferred with Maldives’ highest honour- ‘Order of the Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen‘ in Male, (Maldives capital) during his two-day state visit to the island country. Th…

India will contribute to the conservation of Maldives Friday Mosque, a unique place of worship made of coral stones, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced. Mr. Modi made the announcement while addressing the Muslim-majority countrys Parliament, The Peop…

Paris (AFP) - EU members Hungary, Poland, Portugal and soon Austria are strengthening ties with China by issuing attractive "panda bonds" that help Beijing raise its profile on international financial markets. Italy might join the trend as well, despite EU c…

Moscow (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping appears Friday as guest of honour at Russia's showcase economic forum, as the two neighbours present a united front in the face of shared troubles with the US. Xi arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a three-day visi…

Many in China like to claim that their country has seen 4,000 years of continuous civilization. In truth, new evidence hints that Chinese civilization may even be older than that. For those in the West, Chinese history is either completely unknown or only va…