Drone-based lasers exposed a sprawling industrial center where no major city was supposed to exist, forcing historians to rethink the Silk Road.

The Silk Road, once a golden thread connecting East and West, is now merely a concept in history, culture, and archaeology ...

But at just 35 miles wide, it did. It’s just the latest evidence of how dependent the global economy is on a handful of choke ...

The Strait of Hormuz is a small strip of water connecting the Persian Gulf to the world’s oceans, and it has become a big ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. BEIJING, March 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- When the four-day 34th East China Fair (ECF) concluded in Shanghai recently, ...

Silkroad Ensemble, led by Rhiannon Giddens, brings global music to the Bay Area as percussionist Haruka Fujii connects ...

Technicians excavate the Nestorian church at the Tangchaodun site in Qitai county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in 2022. [Photo provided to China Daily] At a crossroads of the ancient world, ...

Satellite images reveal a Y-shaped formation in China’s Taklamakan Desert where the Hotan River carries precious jade.

For centuries the Arctic was a frozen barrier that ships could not cross, forcing global trade between Asia and Europe through southern routes like the Suez Canal. That assumption is beginning to ...

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