"The Cao family rulers of Dunhuang had consistently identified with and subscribed to the authority of the central Chinese ...

Dunhuang's location, over 1,000 kilometers from the Chinese heartland and a vital stop along the ancient Silk Road made it ... decades after the mission of Zhang Qian, the pioneering envoy who ...

Over 2,000 years ago, Zhang Qian, an envoy of the Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220), made his journey to the Central Asia from Chang'an, and opened up the ancient Silk Road. Zhang's feat was described ...

He twice dispatched Zhang Qian as his envoy to the Western Regions, and in the process pioneered the route known as the "Silk Road" from Chang'an (today's Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), through ...

Over 2,000 years ago, Zhang Qian traveled to the Western Regions, opening up the Silk Road and building a bridge for economic and cultural exchange across Eurasia. Today, the love story of an ...

Follow a young bookworm and a Persian cat as they relive Zhang Qian’s epic journey – braving the ... linking ancient dreams to modern visions. From the Silk Road’s origins to today’s Belt and Road, it ...

Over 2,000 years ago, Zhang Qian (164-114 B.C.) made two diplomatic missions to Central Asia, and opened up the Silk Road that connected Chang’an, today’s Xi’an and capital of ancient China’s Western ...

In this episode of Silk Road Adventures, we explore Uzbekistan’s culinary heritage, from Tashkent’s food markets and plov centre to a mountain village famous for its seasonal samsa. Uzbekistan ...

“In October 2013, during a speech in Indonesia, Chinese president Xi Jinping called for the development of a ‘Maritime Silk Road,’ to compliment the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ that he had ...

Deniz Ünsal, board member with the society, said the organization chose the imagery of the Silk Road to explore the vastness of Asia. “It’s a big continent — from east to west, south to ...

While attempting to exit pit road, Silk made contact with his long-time Modified Tour rival Justin Bonsignore and spun. The contact resulted in damage to the front of Bonsignore’s Modified while ...