How China changed during the Yuan dynasty, when Mongol emperors ruled the country

Mongol rulers shook up Chinese society as Silk Road trade routes thrived, paper money became common and China’s influence in ...
Yahoo

How the world still uses ancient Chinese innovations today

China is a country that includes huge urban areas with complex industries as well as very remote areas with no modern conveniences at all. China is also one of the oldest civilizations that still ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Smithsonian Transfers Rare 2,300-Year-Old Silk Manuscripts to China

Newly transferred fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts on view in Beijing on May 18 Fu Tian / China News Service / VCG via Getty Images In the early hours of May 18, an airplane touched down in ...
Business Wire

Tuyuhun: Lost History Recovered in Three Exhibitions Organized by the China National Silk Museum

HANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During the 3rd Silk Road Week in July 2022, the China National Silk Museum held three exhibitions consecutively in Hangzhou, Dulan, and Samarkand, namely Qinghai Path ...
insider.si.edu

Silk : trade and exchange along the silk roads between Rome and China in antiquity / edited by Berit Hildebrandt with Carole Gillis

Introduction. Silk on the Silk Roads : Exchange between East and West in Antiquity / Berit Hildebrandt. Looking towards the West : how the Chinese viewed the Romans / Liu Xinru -- Textiles and trade ...
The Print on MSN

6th century Brahmin who took Buddhism to China—his DNA analysis rewrites Silk Road history

Researchers at Fudan University carefully extracted DNA from Li Dan's tooth. It highlights the long-standing cultural ...
Reuters

China pays big to expand its clout along the new Silk Road

CHONGQING China (Reuters) - China, already at the centre of world trade, plans to spend billions of dollars to revive intercontinental land routes and develop maritime links to expand commerce and ...