| 单词 | Silk Road |
| 例句 | Travelers on the Silk Road between China and the Mediterranean had to cross desert and the Hindu Kush, both formidable obstacles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Just the aura, then. You’ll probably see it again sometime. Did you like the other book? The one about the Silk Road?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He told the story as if he was an adventurer on the Silk Road. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Chiseled into a sun-bleached rock cliff, they peered down at them, as they had nearly two thousand years before, Laila imagined, at caravans crossing the valley on the Silk Road. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There is more traffic in this section of the Silk Road, a jumble of anonymous users crowding into alleys and in front of doorways, creating the sense of a night market. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A Chinese embassy spokesman in Washington says the "Secrets of the Silk Road" exhibit was approved only for museums in California and Texas. Chinese: Pa. museum never OK'd for mummies exhibit 2011-02-09T17:58:13Z ‘Buddhism Along the Silk Road’: ‘5th-8th Century’ The Metropolitan Museum of Art Through Feb. 10 For really fresh news about the past, the Met’s temporary, often tucked-away collection shows are a sure bet. Art in Review: ‘Buddhism Along the Silk Road’: ‘5th-8th Century’ 2013-01-31T20:38:36Z Travelers who retrace the Silk Road in Xinjiang find that despite the flood of economic development, much of this remote province remains a world apart from China. Explorer: A Desert Blooms Along China?s Silk Road 2010-10-15T19:26:00Z But they also do a lot of work with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. Natalie Merchant on overcoming pain, roadblocks to produce the "best-sounding record I've ever made" 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z The next morning we were joined by Abdul, a young Uighur man who spoke fluent English and would be our guide for the journey along the southern branch of the Silk Road. Explorer: A Desert Blooms Along China?s Silk Road 2010-10-15T19:26:00Z As was the case with other Silk Road Bowl concerts I’ve attended, the 17,000-plus-seat amphitheater looked packed, so the ensemble’s appeal to a mass audience remains undiminished. Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble make some joyful noise at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z If all of Turkish history were on this bus, I’d be sitting next to sultans, whirling dervishes, Silk Road caravaners, shopkeepers, apostles and olive growers. Take a budget-friendly bus tour of Turkey 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Three of these replicas are now on view at the Getty Center in Los Angeles for “Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road,” along with multimedia galleries featuring 3-D digital projections. Replicas Illuminate Remote Buddhist Art Treasures From China 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z From the Azores to Patagonia to the Silk Road, the pull of the open road is as strong as ever — no matter the consequences. Need Gifts for Readers? Check Out Our Holiday Book Suggestions 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z By the seventh century, as Silk Road trade flourished, there were more than 1000 caves decorated with magnificent statues and murals. The Secret Art of the Silk Road 2013-10-23T09:17:27Z The new bullet trains follow the Northern Silk Road that once connected China and Eurasia, running from Xi'an in the east to Urumqi in the west. In China’s Land of Buddhas and Fortresses, Kindness Prevails 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Once a Silk Road way station, Xining still serves both the far reaches of the Tibetan plateau to the west and China's heartland to the east. Next Time You're in ... Qinghai 2010-04-01T11:45:00Z Listening, it is easy to imagine oneself sipping buttered tea in a caravan tent along the Silk Road. Master musician Wu Man showcases music of the Uyghurs 2012-05-25T22:14:04Z But part of what makes this particular kingpin so fascinating is that Silk Road wasn’t incubated in Mountain View, Menlo Park or the antiseptic co-working spaces of San Francisco. How the Dark Web’s Dread Pirate Roberts Went Down 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z More than twice as long is the 47-day Great Silk Road Adventure from Wild Frontiers; the trip takes a major branch of the Silk Road from Beijing to Istanbul. Have Three Weeks for a Vacation? There Are Trips for You 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The eventual collapse of the Silk Road happened because the Ottoman took gunpowder from the Chinese and found this way of making it. David Baddiel on the Silk Road 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Among other wonders in the landmark exhibition “Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road” is pervasive evidence of international, cross-cultural networking in medieval China. The Getty's 'Cave Temples of Dunhuang': How ancient desert outpost became remarkable global crossroads 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z A refocus on the history between the East and West through the Silk Road. Washington Post bestsellers: September 24, 2017 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The India festival is the latest in a series of large-scale events tracing the cultures of the Silk Road trade routes across Asia. Kennedy Center opens 3-week India arts festival 2011-03-02T22:04:12Z For a city with a rich culinary heritage, situated along what was once the Silk Road, the local chile remains a point of pride. The Long Journey of the Aleppo Pepper 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z In a sensational jam worthy of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, it was everyone for him- or herself. Music in Review 2011-01-14T00:08:47Z Silk Road Rated R for despising Amazon but loving freedom, and other bold moves. ‘Silk Road’ Review: A Digital Drug Kingpin’s Undoing 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The Silk Road, a network of trading routes that crossed the Basin region, was in its prime during the first millennium. Exhibition Review: Another Stop on a Long, Improbable Journey 2011-02-20T21:00:36Z There was a roar Thursday that even the evening’s muggy heat couldn’t dampen as cellist Yo-Yo Ma walked onto the stage as almost an afterthought following the other 16 members of his Silk Road Ensemble. Silk Road Ensemble transports Wolf Trap audience across the world 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Located on the ancient Silk Road, academics have long debated the meaning of the site and the discoveries found. The Begram ivories: Rescuing Afghanistan's lost history 2011-02-27T00:05:25Z They’re all fighting feelings of inferiority and treating the Silk Road as a chance to prove themselves. How the Dark Web’s Dread Pirate Roberts Went Down 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z One is the Silk Road Ensemble, a group of international musicians that Ma founded to explore various musical styles and traditions and mingle them with his own. One of Yo-Yo Ma’s second acts is a force in its own right 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Nelms describes the cuisine as “an incredible combination of Silk Road food” that borrows from Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East: accessible, he says, “but not like anything else you’ve had.” Perspective | Is this the answer to making restaurant seating more comfortable? 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z For Morris’s dance-drama, the music is performed in a chamber arrangement by the Silk Road Ensemble. Mark Morris, taking a lyrical turn 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z In one episode, a host could be sampling Cornish pasties in the United Kingdom, while in another, they’re drinking yak milk tea with a Kyrgyz tribe along the Silk Road in China. A world of small-screen adventure: Here are the best travel TV shows for streaming 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Then we go along the A149, which I call the birding Silk Road, and we finish just after sunset listening for owls. Samuel West Takes Comfort in D&D, Mendelssohn and Ron Swanson’s Whiskey 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z But millennia before the Soviet invasion kicked off 30 years of conflict and upheaval, and well before the Taliban began to brutalize its own people, Afghanistan flourished as a hub along the Silk Road. Lost and Found: Afghan Treasures Reunite at the British Museum 2011-03-27T06:35:00Z I first read about Gurez in 2007, when Indian newspapers reported that the valley, once a spur of the Silk Road, was opening to tourists. A Journey to Kashmir’s Gurez Valley 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The exhibit "Secrets of the Silk Road" was to open on Saturday at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philly museum removes mummies after China objects 2011-02-02T16:52:12Z And that was a trading post, like a Silk Road "with spices from India, every kind of food and the West Africans were exposed to all this." Why you should be eating biscuit pizza, an endlessly versatile and crowd pleasing food with soul 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Silk Road has since shut down, after being implicated in drug transactions, and bitcoins, as unregulated currency, have an iffy reputation. ‘New Hells’ 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z That wasn’t the case from the 4th to the 14th centuries, when the Silk Road was teeming with travelers during the millennium when the caves served as a key rest stop, marketplace and shrine. L.A.’s Getty Center recreates China’s Cave Temples of Dunhuang 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z One enormous influence was the Silk Road, the trade route that connected East and West for some 1,500 years and the later Triangular Trade, among North America, Europe and Africa. Met Gives Music Gallery a Makeover 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Each country revealed part of the story of the Silk Road and the various wars, treaties and efforts to control this link between the East and West. Following the Silk Road: A solo traveler’s journey through the ‘5 stans’ 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Uyghurs are among the more than 50 ethnic minority groups in China, and many hail from the westernmost autonomous region of Xinjiang, which was traversed via the Silk Road. Is their crossroads cuisine ‘the next big thing’? Uyghurs hope so. 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z At the Silk Road Treasure Tours booth, Zulya Rajabova Moss advised me never to accept the initial price given by a hotel in Uzbekistan, the country her company specializes in. Frugal Traveler Blog: Tips From the Times Travel Show 2012-03-06T21:13:47Z That curiosity led him to assemble the Silk Road Ensemble, a collective of some 50 musicians and other artists from across the globe. Review: ‘The Music of Strangers,’ on Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The Silk Road was the first international trade route. David Baddiel on the Silk Road 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Some of these sculptures and textiles probably traveled thousands of miles across the Silk Road in the saddlebags of merchants or nomads, or in the shoulder bags of missionary monks. Art in Review: ‘Buddhism Along the Silk Road’: ‘5th-8th Century’ 2013-01-31T20:38:36Z The rest of the menu recalls other Silk Road and Russian restaurants around town, but is no less thrilling for it. At Cafe Dushanbe, a Chef Stays True to His Tajik Roots 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Instead of covering the event, though, he blew through the money and began writing a novel called "The Silk Road," offering an excerpt to his editors in lieu of the article. 9 books Hunter S. Thompson never published 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z According to our reviewer, Dana Thomas, Postrel’s account is “a journey as epic, and varying, as the Silk Road itself.” New in Paperback: ‘The Fabric of Civilization’ and ‘The National Road’ 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z The technique developed in the late 18th century in the ancient Silk Road city of Bukhara, in what today is Uzbekistan. Review | Are these the most beautiful textiles in the world? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z A thousand years ago, the caravans that crisscrossed Xinjiang, a land of deserts and mountains at the heart of the Silk Road, steered clear of the Taklamakan. Explorer: A Desert Blooms Along China?s Silk Road 2010-10-15T19:26:00Z China, Europe, Russia will ensure that the New Silk Road is clear of Kurds. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Playing up the cuisine’s Silk Road connection in another bowl are lentils transformed into a thin puree and finished with dried mint. Dolan Uyghur review: Where East meets Middle East, noodles meet kebabs 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z By 1400, the exuberant show of art and religion faded as maritime routes supplanted the Silk Road. 1,000 Years of Art at the Edge of the Gobi Desert 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The Chinese city of Dunhuang was once a stop on the famous Silk Road. 6 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z “He knows all about the ancient Persian texts; he can tell you what the Silk Road was like and how it felt going from the desert to a great river valley.” Film: Jordan Mechner?s Multiplatform ?Prince of Persia? 2010-05-22T07:09:00Z The most infamous of these dark net markets was called Silk Road, named after the ancient trading route. Dark net markets: the eBay of drug dealing 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Sites such as Silk Road might shorten the length of that chain, but there will still be gang wars in Mexico over drugs routes, there will still be people becoming addicted to harmful substances. Dark net markets: the eBay of drug dealing 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z In addition the exhibition text points out that even before the height of the Silk Road the basin was a multicultural area. Exhibition Review: Another Stop on a Long, Improbable Journey 2011-02-20T21:00:36Z Sites such as Silk Road offer a glimpse of an alternative. Dark net markets: the eBay of drug dealing 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z It is an ancient caravan inn along the Silk Road in central Turkey. Take a budget-friendly bus tour of Turkey 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z A Silk Road Ensemble adaptation of the Azerbaijani opera recounting a classic tale of thwarted love, it started out impossibly gorgeous and somehow grew more so. The Best Dance of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z From Delhi, she traveled north along the Silk Road to the Khyber Pass, which was closed to women by British law. The Power Women of Mecklenburgh Square 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z In September, I was in north-west China, in Dunhuang, between the Gobi and the Taklamakan deserts, on the southern Silk Road. 'My best travel discovery of 2016' 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Then Mr. Ma appeared, introduced not by name but only as part of “musicians from the Silk Road Ensemble.” Music Review: World Science Festival Opens at Alice Tully Hall 2010-06-03T22:59:00Z The program revealed the ensemble’s familiarity with folk idioms: Some of its core members perform with the Silk Road Ensemble and regularly play — and improvise — in a number of ethnic traditions. The Knights Play Stravinsky and Bartok in Central Park 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Louis Andriessen is writing her an orchestral song cycle, which the Los Angeles Philharmonic will perform next season, and Osvaldo Golijov is at work writing a piece for her and the Silk Road Ensemble. Nora Fischer Bursts the Classical Music Bubble 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Of all the Silk Road concerts I’ve attended, this one ranked as the most fun. Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble make some joyful noise at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The scene, at the Silk Road festival in Afghanistan's highlands, conjured visions of the horsemen of Genghis Khan, who descended on the region eight centuries ago and devastated it. Silk Road festival, Afghanistan: goat polo, tug-of-war and dreams of peace 2013-07-08T18:03:54Z The menu features an illustrated Silk Road map and collectively the drinks chronicle Venetian traveler Marco Polo’s stops along the route. In Venice, sampling a cocktail revolution 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z This version of the story probably entered into European society by the women working on the great Silk Road. How Cinderella lost its original feminist edge in the hands of men 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z "The Mogao caves reveal great insight into the connectivity of the world during the age of the Silk Road, there are influences in the paintings from India, Tibet, Mongolia," she says. The Secret Art of the Silk Road 2013-10-23T09:17:27Z Travelers of old spent the nights there with their animals and worldly goods while journeying the Silk Road. Take a budget-friendly bus tour of Turkey 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Brought overland by Indian monks traveling the Silk Road, it entered China from the north, where it took monumental visual form in the giant cave sculptures of Shanxi province. Review: Chinese History, Writ in Stunning Stone 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z A New Silk Road: Algorithm of Survival and Hope is one of the works in Artes Mundi 4, now at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. New world disorder at Artes Mundi 2010-03-22T22:30:00Z The Silk Road story is still developing, so presumably the script will develop with it. Silk Road: The Movie? 2013-10-17T15:23:22Z Brooklyn Rider's circuitous approach grew, in part, from its participation in Yo-Yo Ma's ongoing Silk Road Project, which encourages multicultural exchange between artists. Brooklyn Rider: String quartet goes all over the map 2012-01-27T19:00:07Z In many respects, “Silk Road” is an excellent examination of why you should probably never date, or maybe even socialize with, a libertarian. ‘Silk Road’ Review: A Digital Drug Kingpin’s Undoing 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The desert and the distant snow-encrusted mountains along the route were a reminder of the terrain along the old Silk Road. 1,000 Years of Art at the Edge of the Gobi Desert 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z With the link to the Silk Road, suzani weavers were able to benefit from the flow of designs between the East and the West, gaining inspiration from Chinese floral motifs and Islamic geometric abstractions. A 20th-Century Suzani Wall Hanging from Uzbekistan Is on the Block 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z And the Silk Road – eBay for drugs – is growing in popularity by the day. Drugs 2.0: The Web Revolution That's Changing How the World Gets High by Mike Power – review 2013-05-12T06:59:01Z Silk Road was one of the ship’s two so-called specialty restaurants; the other, Prego, served Italian food, and a meal at each was included in the cruise fare. A Tale of Three Cities, With a Ship as Home Base 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Travelling along the Silk Road in China, we paid a short visit to the Yuquan or “Jade Spring” Taoist temple in the city of Tianshui. Readers' best travel discoveries of 2018: your top tips 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z On Saturday and Sunday, the Silk Road Ensemble and Brooklyn Rider violinist Johnny Gandelsman pairs up with the pianist Ethan Iverson — a fascinating team for all three of Brahms’s Violin Sonatas. Classical Music Listings for June 24-30 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Branches frame scenes, painted on sheepskin, of sandstone fortresses and camels along the Silk Road. The Top 10 Cheap (and Well-Traveled) Places to Eat in 2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z If you have ever wanted to travel the Silk Road, now may be the time to go. 52 Places to Go in 2019 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z While this documentary, subtitled “Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble,” is lovely to watch, it’s even more beautiful to hear. Review: ‘The Music of Strangers,’ on Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Relics traveled northward over the Himalayas into Tibet, by sea to Southeast Asia, across the Silk Road to China and on to Korea and Japan. Art Review | 'Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art': On the Road With Seekers at the Asia Society 2010-03-18T23:04:00Z But an even higher level of trust and mutual listening is required in music that includes improvisation, a fact that the cellist Yo-Yo Ma seized on when he founded the Silk Road Ensemble in 1998. Watch 5 Moments When Classical Music Met Politics 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z I just got through watching Dark Web about the Silk Road website and it's leader. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 8: A Shock to the System 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Recent genetic research on DNA samples also suggests that there was far more migration of populations than was once thought in the era before the Silk Road. Exhibition Review: Another Stop on a Long, Improbable Journey 2011-02-20T21:00:36Z Half a century after Takemitsu’s aesthetic crisis and two decades after the founding of Yo-Yo Ma’s transcultural Silk Road Ensemble, composers seem more comfortable using non-Western instruments — less anxious, perhaps, about the specter of exoticism. Hundreds of New Concertos Bring the World to the Concert Hall 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z This area is famed for its Muslim restaurants, and you’ll be rewarded with the flavors of the Silk Road – cilantro, grilled onions, cumin, cardamom, turmeric. How to see Beijing in three days (because you don’t need a visa for 72-hour visits) 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Travelogues in music capture impressions of the Silk Road, the Sephardic diaspora, Istanbul. Jordi Savall Evokes the Past by Hearing Its Music 2010-04-30T20:35:00Z Dunhuang, located at the north and south crossroads of the Silk Road, was a strategic hub of trade and religion. NYC exhibition depicts ancient Buddhist caves 2013-04-29T17:04:14Z As the exhibition reveals, the Silk Road facilitated more than the exchange of horses, camels, jewelry and silk. The Getty's 'Cave Temples of Dunhuang': How ancient desert outpost became remarkable global crossroads 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Chouvy outlines the history of opium trafficking, beginning in ancient times when it was likely traded on the Silk Road. 'Opium': War and economic upheaval drive the drug trade 2010-05-19T21:58:00Z “It was as if the bow was telling me how to play the music,” said Mr. Gandelsman, who plays with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider as well as with the Silk Road Ensemble. More Musicians Are Trying Period Instruments 2013-08-30T19:44:02Z Ross Ulbricht, the mastermind behind Silk Road, the shuttered online bazaar for illicit drugs, assumed the nom de guerre Dread Pirate Roberts, a character from the film. Looking for Buddhist Wisdom in ‘The Princess Bride’ 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z In 1998, he started the Silk Road Project, dedicated to genially exploring cross-cultural artistic connections, out of which emerged the constantly touring Silk Road Ensemble. Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z A planned sale of 29,655 bitcoin confiscated in a raid on the Silk Road drug ring attracted 63 bids from 45 registered bidders on Friday. Announcement anticipated in bitcoin sale in afternoon-US Marshals Service 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Ma, at 55 the youngest honoree this year, is known for pushing the boundaries of classical music with his Silk Road Project. ArtsBeat Blog: Meryl Streep, Neil Diamond and Yo-Yo Ma Among Kennedy Center Honorees 2011-09-07T15:02:01Z “The Silk Road” is more like music in its harmonies: Davis pulls from folk songs, French ballads, nursery rhymes; from Hindu gods and Greek ones; from Chinese and Western astronomy. A Cosmic Being Dies in Yoga Class. Then Things Get Really Weird. 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z As part of the Silk Road Project’s residency at the American Museum of Natural History, Ljova and the Kontraband are playing three short sets on Sunday afternoon. Ljova?s Straightforward Career Has Quirky Turns 2010-08-06T17:03:00Z This week's Magical Lantern Festival focused on the Silk Road, a network of trade routes connecting China with the West, which expanded on Wednesday with the arrival of the first China-to-Britain freight train in London. Silk Road lanterns light up British gardens for Lunar New Year 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z But to its credit, the jeweler offered other ideas, too: a tutti frutti necklace of multicolored sapphires on a Mediterranean theme and exotic designs inspired by the Silk Road. The Year of the Snake in a Bejeweled Garden 2013-01-28T13:56:12Z The green turned greener still as we descended into the Fergana Valley, the lush ancient corridor between Greek, Chinese, Bactrian and Parthian civilizations, finally arriving in the Silk Road city of Osh. 12 Days on the Most Storied Highway of Them All: The Silk Road 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z For a proposed terminal in Urumqi, China, architects at HKS were inspired by the “textures and lines” of the Silk Road. Airports, Designed for Everyone but the Passenger 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The group takes its name from the ancient Silk Road trade route that linked China to the West, with the two hemispheres exchanging not only goods but ideas. Silkroad’s new face: Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z As you move west along the Silk Road, you see how it appeared on church walls. David Baddiel on the Silk Road 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z The project draws musical inspiration from cultures along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between Asia and Europe. Review: New York Philharmonic and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble Join Forces 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z By the time Ulbricht was arrested two years later, the Silk Road was an estimated $1.2 billion business that expanded into heroin, guns, hacking tools, counterfeit cash and cyanide. How the Dark Web’s Dread Pirate Roberts Went Down 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Thompson explained that "Silk Road" would be "A fast, strange & occasionally violent story" that would involve smuggling and scuba diving. 9 books Hunter S. Thompson never published 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z Around 1,500 lanterns replicated this journey along the ancient Silk Road, with illuminated models of Rome's Colosseum, the Egyptian pyramids and a Tang dynasty palace. Silk Road lanterns light up British gardens for Lunar New Year 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z “I remember clearly why I created the Silk Road,” he said at sentencing. How the Dark Web’s Dread Pirate Roberts Went Down 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Known as Badakhshan, the region, located along the old Silk Road, once produced some of the most illustrious gemstones in history — rubies, emeralds, aquamarines and lapis lazuli. Special Report: Jewelry: Restoring the Luster to a Once-Loved Gem 2011-05-12T13:49:21Z Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble will drop in. Classical Music Listings for Aug. 5-11 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z In distant times, it flourished as one of the western extremities of the ancient Silk Road before being ransacked by Mongols and devastated by earthquakes. Five Reasons to Visit Aleppo: Silk Road Splendor 2010-12-09T14:05:00Z But with the Silk Road he was able to marry his business ambitions and anti-authoritarian philosophy; he envisioned it as a powerful way to defy what he perceived to be the state’s irrational drug policies. How the Dark Web’s Dread Pirate Roberts Went Down 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z In return, I was enjoying a glimpse of a nomadic culture hewed over centuries on the old Silk Road. Explorer: Deep Into the Dream World of Kyrgyzstan 2014-05-09T19:07:12Z Then, perhaps by way of recompense for the relative anonymity of the earlier introduction, Mr. Hawking himself announced Mr. Ma’s return with members of the Silk Road Ensemble. Music Review: World Science Festival Opens at Alice Tully Hall 2010-06-03T22:59:00Z Thousands of silver-gray humanoids crowd an 18-foot-high canvas that flows off the wall, suggesting both Chinese scroll paintings and Silk Road tapestries. In the galleries: Art that’s coolly conceived, rigorously made 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z For ITV, she has fronted more travel documentaries, including her Silk Road Adventures, and a recent series on India. Joanna Lumley and Black Eyed Peas: the year's strangest TV collaboration? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z This spring the Getty Museum will exhibit replicas of three of these caves for "Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road," which opens May 7. 'Cave Temples of Dunhuang' at the Getty Museum wants to transport you to China's Silk Road 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z "Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road" at the China Institute Gallery in Manhattan runs through July 21. NYC exhibition depicts ancient Buddhist caves 2013-04-29T06:32:10Z "She is a collaborator – she believes hugely in institutions working together, artists working together, people working together," says Malik Gillani, founding executive director of the Silk Road Theatre Project. Cultural Affairs head a self-styled 'arts crusader' 2011-05-09T14:50:00Z Mr. Troemel, co-founder of “The Jogging,” an influential group blog, lifted the print from an item he bought in an online market called Silk Road, using bitcoins, a form of digital cash. ‘New Hells’ 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Yet more remarkable is the opera’s intensely seductive music, to be played by the Silk Road Ensemble. What to Look Forward to in the Fall Dance Season 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z It is in its Iranian remake that Buddhism, transformed beyond recognition from the Indian original, arrived in China traveling along the misnamed “Silk Road.” A Dazzling Look at the World of Taoism 2010-04-09T11:55:00Z She also knows, perhaps through her experience in Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, that authenticity and adaptability can be compatible under the right conditions. New Music: Yo La Tengo’s ‘Fade’ and Cristina Pato’s ‘Migrations’ 2013-01-14T22:57:43Z Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble also contributed music to the documentary, while era-defining hits from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and more will be used as well. Dark Sounds: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Score Ken Burns’s ‘Vietnam War’ 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Parts of the story are set along the Silk Road. Disney remake of Mulan criticised for filming in Xinjiang 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z As Dunhuang became a commercial hub on the Silk Road, the caves, numbering in the hundreds, became a pilgrimage destination, and remained one for centuries until trade routes shifted, traffic stopped and Mogao was forgotten. Art in Review: ‘Dunhuang’: ‘Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road’ 2013-08-15T21:25:27Z Now at 56, he is hailed as a musical ambassador to the world who has spanned styles from Bluegrass to sounds from the Silk Road with an ensemble he founded. Ma, Diamond, Streep receive Kennedy Center Honors 2011-12-05T14:27:10Z So the movie, which involves a government squad protecting the Silk Road, may be a resonant, topical metaphor — or not. Review: ‘Dragon Blade’ Features Jackie Chan, Romans and a Lot of Mayhem 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z As a teenager in downtown Seattle, he’d covered the Occupy movement, Juggalos, the online black market known as Silk Road and Seattle’s rap scene for his student newspaper. He Had an R.V., a Camera and a Plan to Document America. Was That Enough? 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The Yanov-Yanovsky work was written for performance by the Silk Road Ensemble as part of a major commemoration of the 2013 centenary of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” at the University of North Carolina. Review: New York Philharmonic and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble Join Forces 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Following a lengthy investigation by the FBI, Silk Road was closed down in October 2013, after more than two years of uninterrupted trade. Dark net markets: the eBay of drug dealing 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z From China, playing cards were likely carried to the Middle East via the Silk Road. The original Pokémon? A visual (ancient) history of trading cards 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The locations parallel likely trade routes that once connected Roman ports along the Mediterranean Sea to Silk Road trade routes. Spy photos of Syrian desert reveal ancient Roman forts 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z In his speech littered with Silk Road references and colourful proverbs, Mr Xi continued to stress this point. Vladimir Putin feted at Xi Jinping's global Belt and Road summit 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z From the moment the BRI was unveiled in 2013 with comparisons to the ancient Silk Road, it was clear China had sprawling ambitions. Belt and Road Initiative: Is China's trillion-dollar gamble to transform the world working? 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The forum in Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of President Xi Jinping's ambitious global infrastructure and energy initiative, billed as recreating the ancient Silk Road to boost global trade. Exclusive: Taliban to join China's Belt and Road forum, elevating ties 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z But critics see the plan - billed as recreating the ancient Silk Road to boost global trade infrastructure - as a tool for China to spread its geopolitical and economic influence. China to host Belt and Road forum in Beijing Oct 17-18 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Citing flagship initiatives aimed at building up infrastructure along the ancient Silk Road and promoting China's approach to global security, Xi extended support for Syrian efforts to improve relations with other Arab countries. China's Xi offers to help Assad rebuild Syria, regain regional status 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Citing flagship initiatives aimed at building up infrastructure along the ancient Silk Road and promoting China's approach to global security, Xi extended support to Syria improving its relations with other Arab countries. China's Xi offers to help war-torn Syria rebuild, regain regional status 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Researchers also believe that the Tarim Basin residents traded and interacted with other people in what would eventually become a critical corridor on the Silk Road, linking East and West in the arid desert. Who were the Tarim Basin mummies? Here’s what we know—so far 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Italy is the only G7 nation to sign up to the BRI, a global trade and infrastructure plan modelled on the old Silk Road that linked imperial China and the West. Italian PM tells China's premier of plan to quit Belt and Road Initiative -media 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z The hugely ambitious project sees China strengthening trade ties with large infrastructure spending in countries along the historic Silk Road route via Asia to Europe and beyond. China keen to work with Italy on trade despite Belt and Road misgivings 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z In the past, it was an important part of the famed Silk Road trade route. Officials use soccer to highlight climate worries in India’s ecologically fragile Ladakh region 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z "The Silk Road did not bring the results we expected," Tajani said. Despite Rome's scepticism, China says Belt and Road cooperation with Italy 'fruitful' 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z Critics see the ambitious Belt and Road initiative - billed as recreating the ancient Silk Road to boost global trade infrastructure - as a tool for President Xi Jinping's China to spread its geopolitical and economic influence. China state media says developed nations not shunning Belt and Road Forum 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z But in fact, there were dynamic exchanges of goods and culture along the Silk Road for millennia, especially between the 12th and 14th centuries. American education and the great white lies | Opinion 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z The initiative, also called the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor program, is China’s global endeavor to reconstitute the ancient Silk Road trade routes and link China to all corners of Asia. Beijing has invested $25.4B in Pakistan over the last decade, Chinese vice premier says 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The global investment programme envisions connecting China with Europe and beyond through rebuilding the old Silk Road trade route. Italy joining China's Belt and Road Initiative was atrocious move, defence minister says 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z The BRI scheme envisions rebuilding the old Silk Road to connect China with Asia, Europe and beyond with large infrastructure spending. Joining China's Belt and Road was an 'atrocious' decision -Italy minister 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Meloni leads the only major Western country to have joined China's BRI scheme, which envisions rebuilding the old Silk Road to connect China with Asia, Europe and beyond with large infrastructure spending. Italy's Meloni says Biden never raised issue of Belt and Road membership 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Historians have long known about a maritime trade route that ran during the same era as the famed Silk Road, a network of land routes between the Mediterranean Sea and China. 1,800-Year-Old Spices Are Earliest Evidence of Curry Making in Southeast Asia 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The BRI envisions rebuilding the old Silk Road to connect China with Europe with large infrastructure spending. Italy's government acts to curb Chinese influence on Pirelli 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z An example is the “Digital Silk Road,” part of the Belt and Road Initiative, that pressures debtor nations using Chinese infrastructure money to put up control of their ports and mines as collateral for loans. China, Russia stage ‘gray zone’ operations to expand influence in opposition to U.S. 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The empty center of that vast land mass was crossed only by an occasional string of camels traveling the ancient Silk Road. Peace for Ukraine courtesy of China? 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Beijing views Nepal as key to its massive transcontinental infrastructure Belt and Road Initiative that builds on old Silk Road routes that once connected China to the West. India, Nepal prime ministers meet to deepen ties as China’s influence grows in region 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z China has ambitions for a “Polar Silk Road.” Arctic Risks Loom Large as Blinken Tours NATO’s North 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Italy is the only major Western country to have joined China's BRI scheme, which envisions rebuilding the old Silk Road to connect China with Asia, Europe and beyond with large infrastructure spending. Italy PM says good ties with China possible without Belt and Road 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z There was a beneficial stabilization in the trade that crossed the west — east axis in Eurasia as a continent, as Silk Road traders enjoyed a relatively peaceful and stable route. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z The Silk Road that linked China, India, the Middle East, and Europe truly began during the Hellenstic period and the Seleucids did everything in their power to support trade in their territories. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Critics in the West as well as in India and Japan claim that the New Silk Road will also allow China to expand its political influence around the world. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Across the Silk Road city of Xian, banners, billboards and even taxi signs were set up to promote the summit, with some in both Chinese and Russian. Central Asia leaders converge in China as Xi touts 'enduring' friendship 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z The choice of Xian as the venue for the first in-person summit is a symbolic nod to history as the city was pivotal in the ancient Silk Road trade route that once spanned Central Asia. China's Xi pledges deeper Kazakh ties in times of 'prosperity and adversity' 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The Italians were also the go-betweens linking Asia and Europe by way of the Middle East: Italy was the European terminus of the Silk Road. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z The Italians were also the go- betweens linking Asia and Europe by way of the Middle East: Italy was the European terminus of the Silk Road. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Is it fair to suggest, as some have, that the Belt and Road Initiative and the Twenty-First Century Maritime Silk Road are imperialist in nature? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z For the first in-person summit, Xian is a symbolic nod to the importance of economic ties as the city was pivotal in the ancient Silk Road trade route that spans Central Asia. China looks to strengthen ties in Russia's Central Asian backyard 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z CPEC, also known as the One Road Project, is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a global endeavor aimed at reconstituting the ancient Silk Road and linking China to all corners of Asia. Pakistan, Afghan Taliban agree to boost trade, lower tension 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Buddhism accumulated a lot of lore as it traveled the Silk Road from northern India to central Japan. Review | Words matter in this showcase of Japanese calligraphy at the Freer 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z But China’s Maritime Silk Road, as Beijing calls the network, offers other advantages. Buildup resumed at suspected Chinese military site in UAE, leak says 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The grave goods found with female burials reflected the Xiongnu’s geographic reach and control of Silk Road trade routes: finds included an Egyptian glazed ceramic bead and a Chinese lacquer cup. Politically savvy princesses wove together a vast ancient empire 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Before expeditions that reached the New World, and even before the Silk Road, African and Asian explorers already had begun the transference of people, culture, language and goods. Wing Luke’s ‘Back Home’ explores links within Black and brown communities 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z When Pil was a child in Samarkand, an ancient Silk Road city in Uzbekistan, he was part of an underground synagogue. After a man burst in with a gun, a San Francisco synagogue confronts hate 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Under the Roman Empire, Gaziantep became a stop along the Silk Road, a major trade route that linked Asia and Europe. Gaziantep, a City Millenniums Old, Has Long Been a Hub for Trade and Cultures 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z For those wishing to commune with Eden today, there’s perhaps no better place than Yazd, a 1,600-year-old Iranian desert town that was once a critical stop on the Silk Road. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The Justice Department seized Bitcoin once valued at nearly $3.4 billion from a man who pleaded guilty to stealing from the Silk Road online black-market bazaar. Why Wall Street Loves Gridlock in Washington 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The raid was carried out as part of an investigation led by the US Attorney’s office in Manhattan into the whereabouts of thousands of missing coins traceable to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. Feds score $3 billion crypto seizure from Silk Road scammer 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Police say Mr Zhong was able to steal the funds from the Silk Road by exploiting a flaw in the website's payment system. Stolen $3bn Bitcoin mystery ends with popcorn tin discovery 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Zhong on Friday pleaded guilty to wire fraud that tricked Silk Road's processing system into releasing the funds into his accounts. U.S. lays claim to $1 billion in bitcoin stolen from Silk Road 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Step back in time with a visit to three of the most important stops on the Silk Road, each city a distinctive meld of Greek, Turkish, Mongol, Muslim and Russian cultures. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z “It’s a wonderful moment to increase Seattleites’ understanding of Chinese culture and the culture of the Silk Road,” Gates says. ‘Crouching Tiger’ composer Tan Dun gets a Seattle Symphony mini-festival 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Customers of Silk Road, which was shut down by US agents in 2013, used bitcoin to openly traffic drugs, wash dirty money and purchase hacking tools. Feds score $3 billion crypto seizure from Silk Road scammer 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z In 2015 Silk Road's founder Ross Ulbricht was unanimously convicted of running it by a jury and sentenced to life in prison. Stolen $3bn Bitcoin mystery ends with popcorn tin discovery 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Silk Road was seized by the U.S. government in 2013, when officials described the underground website as a massive illegal drug- and money-laundering marketplace. U.S. lays claim to $1 billion in bitcoin stolen from Silk Road 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z And though all three cities have centuries-old caravansaries — the famed inns where Silk Road merchants stayed — Ichan-Kala, a remnant of the ancient Khiva oasis, checkered with medieval Islamic buildings, appears completely untouched by time. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z “Just as today is an era of globalization, the Silk Road routes encouraged an intersection of cultures, in which Dunhuang played a pivotal role.” ‘Crouching Tiger’ composer Tan Dun gets a Seattle Symphony mini-festival 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z As part of Zhong’s plea agreement for the Silk Road fraud, he signed over his 80% stake in the company to the government. Feds score $3 billion crypto seizure from Silk Road scammer 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The family didn’t anticipate the Rapture, but it lived out other aspects of the vision that set Mennonites on the ancient Silk Road; Samatar confronts anew the complications of that vision. Review: A "mixed" memoirist's Silk Road travelogue becomes a road map to sanctuary 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Xi'an has been a driver of inland China's economy since the years when it was the start of the old Silk Road stretching across central Asia into the Middle East and Europe. Zero-Covid: How Xi's flagship policy is spoiling his party 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z I mean, unparalleled, the most wonderful Silk Road trip you can do. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Like the ancient Silk Road closely associated with the Mogao Caves, Tan’s musical world is a place of vivid intersections. ‘Crouching Tiger’ composer Tan Dun gets a Seattle Symphony mini-festival 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Manhattan prosecutors say they seized almost $3.4 billion in bitcoin from a property developer who scammed the dark web marketplace Silk Road over a decade ago. Feds score $3 billion crypto seizure from Silk Road scammer 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z An untraceable “dark net” called Silk Road launches. Is crypto a house of cards? Xi and Putin meet in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan on Thursday. Factbox: How does the Xi and Putin 'no limits' partnership work? 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The meeting between Xi and Putin in Uzbekistan will take place on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's summit in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan. Putin and Xi to discuss Ukraine and Taiwan, Kremlin says 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Xi Jinping will leave China for the first time in more than two years this week to meet Vladimir Putin at the ancient Silk Road entrepot of Samarkand. Break on through 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z He created a string of Silk Road accounts to conceal his identity and triggered 140 transactions in quick succession to trick the platform into releasing bitcoin into those accounts, according to court filings. Feds score $3 billion crypto seizure from Silk Road scammer 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z China, which describes itself as a "near-Arctic" state, also has ambitions in the region and has said it intended to build a "Polar Silk Road." U.S. to name ambassador-at-large for the Arctic 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Merchants’ ships brought Europeans valuable goods, traveling between the port cities of western Europe and the East from the tenth century on, along routes collectively labeled the Silk Road. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z While the Silk Road no longer drives the global economy, there are economic challenges unique to the 21st century. Could silk take a bite out of humanity's microplastic problem? 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The cemeteries’ location along the Silk Road bolsters the idea that intercontinental trade played a role in the dissemination of the plague during the Black Death. Ancient Women’s Teeth Reveal Origins of 14-Century Black Death 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Until the pandemic, cryptocurrency was a relatively fringe technology, with bitcoin gaining popularity in the early 2010s as a way to buy illegal drugs on online black markets, such as Silk Road. First she documented the alt-right. Now she’s coming for crypto. 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Authorities across the world have long been trying to crack down on illegal marketplaces, taking down Silk Road, Wall Street Market, and AlphaBay over the course of several years. Germany shuts down servers for Russian darknet marketplace Hydra 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z However, transporting goods along the old Silk Road was costly, slow, and unprofitable. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Ningbo, a city of more than nine million people on the East China Sea, had been a trading power for two millenniums, dating back to its days as a hub on the Silk Road. This Is What Happens When Globalization Breaks Down 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Discovered in the 1960s by French geologists, the site was believed to have been an important stop along the Silk Road from the early centuries AD. With eye to China investment, Taliban now preserve buddhas 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Also on view: “Crossroads: Exploring the Silk Road,” a new interactive permanent exhibit. The newest L.A. and O.C. museum exhibitions to see in February 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Hu is always quick to remind the students of Beijing and Irbil’s shared golden past: Iraq was part of the ancient Silk Road trade route, linking China’s Han dynasty with the West. In north Iraq, Chinese language school projects soft power 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z A lively trade subsequently developed along a variety of routes known collectively as the Silk Road to supply the demand for these products. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Comoros, an Indian Ocean archipelago, sits on the rim of a maritime trade route known in China as the Maritime Silk Road and considered strategically important by Beijing, Kagwanja said. China's foreign minister visits Kenya amid unease over rising debt 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z But a report last month by the online newsletter Silk Road Briefing claimed Beijing now operates another base, in Tajikistan’s Pamir Mountains, that has been operational for two years. Global reach: China expands port and military base network to boost commerce, clout 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z "It is opaque but when we speak to our industry contacts in China, no one is surprised," said Vinesh Motwani of Silk Road Research. Evergrande: China's efforts to contain its Lehman moment 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z In the days of the ancient Silk Road — the 4,000-mile trading route that connected China with Europe — Central Asia was renowned for its silk houses and varied styles of embroidery. An Australian’s Search for Belonging Led to the Silk Road and a Famed Hat 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Whether descended directly from the Silk Road or reimagined by a national tourism board, certain dishes express memory and emotion, the traditions of the self. For Many Members of the Arab American Diaspora, Mansaf Offers a Taste of Home 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Xi first outlined the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st- Century Maritime Silk Road Development Strategy during visits to Kazakhstan and Indonesia in the fall of 2013, 6 months after becoming president. China’s global infrastructure program goes green—but could still devastate ecosystems 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z While at the Justice Department, she helped prosecute two undercover federal agents who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of Bitcoin from Silk Road, an illicit dark-web marketplace they were investigating. Big Hires, Big Money and a D.C. Blitz: A Bold Plan to Dominate Crypto 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z “Crossroads: Exploring the Silk Road” Opening Friday, this interactive permanent exhibit teaches visitors about the centuries of cultural exchange sparked by the movement of travelers and goods along the ancient trade route. Chenoweth, Bocelli, LED umbrellas and 7 more best bets for your weekend 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z By constructing a railway around the desert, Chinese engineers recreated Silk Road caravan routes which linked China and Europe by skirting the Taklamakan’s rim. Desert-circling rail line latest link in China’s push for influence, control 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z They use a tambour hook technique called Lunéville, named after the town in Lorraine where it emerged around 1810, having traveled the Silk Road from Asia. The Hand-Beaded Chanel Bag That Takes 120 Hours to Embroider 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Beijing is constructing its own fleet of icebreakers as part of what it has dubbed its “Polar Silk Road” economic initiative. U.S. icebreaker gap with Russia a growing concern as Arctic ‘cold war’ heats up 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “Crossroads: Exploring the Silk Road” This new, interactive permanent exhibit teaches visitors about the centuries of cultural exchange sparked by the movement of travelers and goods along the ancient trade route. The best L.A. and O.C. museum exhibitions to see in September 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Herat, a Silk Road city close to the border with Iran, was seen as one of Afghanistan's most liberal. Afghanistan: Life for those left behind 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z It featured an estimated 200 ancient objects from the pre-Islamic era that illustrated the region’s strategic position as a Silk Road hub, a place where Persian, Greek, Mesopotamian and Indian cultures met and mingled. After the withdrawal, U.S. museums need to tell a richer story about Afghanistan 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Situated at an ancient Silk Road crossroads near the border with what is now Iran, it is western Afghanistan’s commercial capital, home to more than half a million people. Fall of Afghan jewel a harbinger of a return to dark times 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Gox and the Silk Road represented a transfer of power, the power is now shifting back the other way. Libertarians built a crypto mecca in New Hampshire — then Feds tore it down 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z As a youngster, he dreamed of traveling the Silk Road and sailing the Red Sea. Frenchy Cannoli, Ardent Evangelist for Hashish, Dies at 64 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z He added alternatives to the Silk Road were needed to curb China’s influence in the world. Germany will fully support a European migrant pact - foreign minister to paper 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z CIC and China’s Silk Road Fund were also among the firms they approached. Exclusive: Major Chinese investors in talks to take Aramco stake - sources 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Xu said that hotels in Kashgar, a historic Silk Road city in Xinjiang, were empty a few years ago and entrepreneurs unwilling to invest as tourism fell off because of terrorism fears. Chinese official in Xinjiang slams UK genocide declaration 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Headlines about Silk Road, a marketplace for buying and selling drugs and weapons with Bitcoin until the federal authorities shut it down, and Mt. Coinbase’s Public Listing Is a Cryptocurrency Coming-Out Party 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z This created a "Silk Road spirit," which kept relations between East and West harmonious and guaranteed China's place at the top of the global pecking order. How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z China’s Belt and Road initiative is a massive effort to spin up infrastructure projects across Asia, Europe, and Africa that, in total, roughly trace the old Silk Road. This hypercar is China’s first Belt and Road electric vehicle project 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z China also aims to develop a “Polar Silk Road” with Arctic infrastructure and shipping routes. Icebreakers signal Seattle’s Arctic opportunity 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called the railroad a “precious gift from Iran” that would help restore the Silk Road, an ancient trade route that spread prosperity across Asia. Iran, Afghanistan open first rail link with eye on trade 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z They are reshaping a land of red mountains and minarets, filled with minority languages and faiths born of ancient mingling on the Silk Road. In an attempt at social engineering, China steers its minorities toward a secular future 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Thankfully, under Xi's enlightened rule, China is ready to restore the "Silk Road spirit" and draw the Western chapter of world history to a close. How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z “Silk Road was the most notorious online criminal marketplace of its day,” said Anderson. The US government seized $1 billion in bitcoin from dark web marketplace Silk Road 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z A complaint filed in San Francisco federal court says the Justice Department took control of funds earlier this week after investigators discovered who stole them from Silk Road seven years earlier. Feds seize billion dollars worth of bitcoin stolen from infamous Silk Road site in 2013 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Silk Road was an online black market, selling everything from drugs to stolen credit cards and murderers-for-hire. Bitcoin: $1bn seized from Silk Road account by US government 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Silk Road was seized by the government in 2013, with officials describing the underground website as a massive illegal drug and money laundering marketplace. U.S. seizes over $1 billion in bitcoin tied to 'Silk Road' 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Xi Jinping's new Silk Road will do much the same, restoring China's primacy at the expense of all others, including the United States. How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Silk Road was “the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace” on the internet, said the Department of Justice, operating between 2011 and 2013 before it was taken offline by the FBI. The US government seized $1 billion in bitcoin from dark web marketplace Silk Road 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Buyers and sellers doing business on Silk Road used digital cryptocurrencies instead of dollars, and the site kept a share that was never recovered when it went kaput, according to the complaint. Feds seize billion dollars worth of bitcoin stolen from infamous Silk Road site in 2013 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z "Silk Road was the most notorious online criminal marketplace of its day," he said in a statement. Bitcoin: $1bn seized from Silk Road account by US government 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z “Traveling is not just seeing the new; it is also leaving behind,” he wrote in his 1977 book “The Silk Road.” Jan Myrdal, radical and rebellious Swedish writer, dies at 93 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z The "Silk Road," in other words, is a euphemism for the tributary system, the diplomatic practice that the Ming and early Qing dynasties used for centuries to govern East Asia. How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z The Silk Road was an online black market, selling everything from drugs to stolen credit card information and murderers-for-hire. Bitcoin: $1bn address with Silk Road links 'being transferred' 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Worth around $350,000 at the time they were taken from Silk Road, the approximate value of the bitcoin nearly tripled in the seven years since it was stolen and the site soon shuttered. Feds seize billion dollars worth of bitcoin stolen from infamous Silk Road site in 2013 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z China’s national health commission dispatched experts on Sunday to guide coronavirus control work in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. China: new coronavirus outbreak detected in Xinjiang city of Kashgar 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z A computer programmer associated with the infamous Silk Road website faces up to five years in prison for lying about his ties with the long-shuttered online drug bazaar, the Department of Justice said Monday. DOJ: Silk Road insider pleads guilty to lying to FBI about defunct online drug bazaar 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z In the old textbooks, the Silk Road didn't have a "founder." How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z It's unclear whether the transaction is being made by the owner of Silk Road, law enforcement or hackers. Bitcoin: $1bn address with Silk Road links 'being transferred' 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Silk Road launched in 2011 and was available on the so-called darknet for more than two years before a criminal investigation culminated in its seizure by the FBI in October 2013. Feds seize billion dollars worth of bitcoin stolen from infamous Silk Road site in 2013 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z She represented the owner of the hidden "Silk Road" website on which many illegal goods and services were exchanged before it was busted by the Justice Department. Who is Allison Jones Rushing, possible Trump Supreme Court contender? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z In addition to offering technical advice to Silk Road’s convicted operators, Weigand traveled to London to remove evidence from Clark’s residence in late 2013, the government announced in the news release. DOJ: Silk Road insider pleads guilty to lying to FBI about defunct online drug bazaar 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The old textbook made this clear when it posed the discussion question: "How did the Silk Road form?" How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht is currently serving two life sentences in prison after being found guilty of money laundering, computer hacking, and conspiracy to traffic narcotics. Bitcoin: $1bn address with Silk Road links 'being transferred' 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Ross William Ulbricht, a California man convicted of charges related to running Silk Road, is currently serving life imprisonment as a result of being found guilty of all seven counts he faced. Feds seize billion dollars worth of bitcoin stolen from infamous Silk Road site in 2013 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Sonbol, an Egyptian photographer and editor, was one of at least 80 journalists taken to Xinjiang since 2015 on the “Silk Road Celebrity China Tour”. How China uses Muslim press trips to counter claims of Uighur abuse 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Silk Road was dismantled within days, and Ulbricht was ultimately convicted of several crimes related to running the site and sentenced to life imprisonment. DOJ: Silk Road insider pleads guilty to lying to FBI about defunct online drug bazaar 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Only after Xi took power was the question rewritten: "who founded the Silk Road, and when?" How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Prof Alan Woodward, a computer scientist from Surrey University, said it was "highly likely" to be either the criminals involved in Silk Road or law enforcement agencies. Bitcoin: $1bn address with Silk Road links 'being transferred' 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z China, in the model of its Belt and Road Initiative, is attempting to set up a "Polar Silk Road." Break the Ice: Trump ramping up US presence in the Arctic as Russia, China threats loom 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The Black Death originated in China and spread along trade routes, turning the Silk Road into a superhighway of infection. Bingeing on doom: Expert on world's 14th century pandemic attracts a cult following 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z One of the 17 new cases reported on Monday was in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar, the regional government said on its official microblog. Asia Today: Outbreak in northwest China spreads to 2nd city 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Han Wudi's ancient Silk Road made China rich and powerful—and, in the process, stripped the Xiongnu enemy of its allies and trading partners. How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z The ruins of a medieval bridge recalled when the town was a wealthy trading center on the Silk Road. An Ancient Valley Lost to ‘Progress’ 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z China views Nepal as key to its massive transcontinental infrastructure Belt and Road Initiative that builds on old Silk Road routes that once connected China to the West, analysts say. Power tussle in Nepal ruling party as China influence grows 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Beijing two years ago announced its plans for a “Polar Silk Road” economic corridor that would see unprecedented Chinese investments in Arctic infrastructure in Denmark and elsewhere. U.S. to fiercely defend interests in Arctic 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Many of those countries are involved in the Belt and Road initiative, spearheaded by President Xi Jinping to create a modern-day Silk Road of trade and investment. China set to complete Beidou network rivalling GPS in global navigation 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The idea that the Silk Road was a Chinese-initiated political project was a fiction concocted in the 1930s by Sven Hedin, a Swedish adventurer who wanted to improve relations between China and the Third Reich. How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z This brought an end to all trade along the northern routes of the Silk Road. How Silk-Making Represents a More Hidden Side of Georgia’s Past 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The spirit of the Silk Road, I could now see, was all movement, mercantile and unsentimental. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z It is also the paradigmatic Silk Road story, for being an inadvertent and quiet assertion of the creative freedom implicit in the meeting of cultures. How the Buddha Got His Face 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The Tang poets were writing when China’s empire was at its most powerful and the Silk Road networks at their most vibrant. A Poetic Journey Through Western China 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Much like the Silk Road, the tributary system is a simplified catch-all concept for informal diplomatic procedures and interactions over many centuries. How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z The layers multiply, flaking, perfumed with fennel and its faint smack of menthol, another gift of the Silk Road. Eating in Xi’an, Where Wheat and Lamb Speak to China’s Varied Palate 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Timur turned the Silk Road into his personal exchequer, using its revenues, as well as plunder and taxes levied on conquered people, to fund campaign after terrifying campaign. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The Kushans, as if racing to meet their destiny as the bridge between East and West, would go on to become the quintessential Silk Road empire. How the Buddha Got His Face 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z For years, Silk Road travelers made the grueling trek past towering mountain ranges and ancient cities now lost to time. A Poetic Journey Through Western China 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Xi's plan to "rebuild" the ancient Silk Road entails the construction of a lot of infrastructure, but it's really a political project to restore a Chinese world order. How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z The trade routes — strengthened and expanded under the Tang dynasty in the seventh century — were never known as the Silk Road to the people who walked them. Eating in Xi’an, Where Wheat and Lamb Speak to China’s Varied Palate 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Four great creeds — Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Islam and Communism — had come via the trans-Asian caravan routes, or the Silk Road, to the land encapsulated by what is modern Uzbekistan. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Everywhere, across what was not yet the Silk Road, old enclosed societies were being changed by a new awareness of the world beyond. How the Buddha Got His Face 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Buddhism and Islam were both conveyed eastward on the Silk Road. The Silk Road’s Enduring Romance, and Eternal Influence 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Countries on every continent, from the Philippines to the United Arab Emirates, from Kenya to Ecuador, have been happy to parrot Xi's preferred phrases about "win-win cooperation" and the historical legacy of the "Silk Road." How Chinese infrastructure is reshaping the planet 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Nostalgia for the Silk Road was, until the past decade, a Western indulgence. Eating in Xi’an, Where Wheat and Lamb Speak to China’s Varied Palate 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z For me, as someone who grew up in Delhi, the names of this region’s fabled caravan towns — Samarkand and Bukhara — were the most evocative of the Silk Road. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The transcontinental Silk Road trade relied on tea and pepper as a stable currency. Five courses on Ganymede 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The BRI will recreate the Silk Road, an old network of trading routes between the East and the West, by investing large sums of money into other countries to build such infrastructure projects. What is China's Belt and Road Initiative? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Three years ago, the Red Cross established the Silk Road Fraternity Fund, aiming to provide humanitarian services to countries from East Asia to Europe that are central to Mr. Xi’s initiative. Coronavirus Diplomacy: How China’s Red Cross Serves the Communist Party 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z For centuries prior, Xinjiang’s major cities like Kashgar and Urumqi – its present-day capital – were important trade hubs on the infamous Silk Road. Who are the Uyghurs, China's Islamic minority? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The Silk Road is our supreme metaphor for the interplay between commodities and ideas — and, as an extension, the interplay between the intangible and the concrete. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Although China touts its multilateral credentials, the Health Silk Road, like many of its projects, seems to be focused on securing bilateral relationships. Trump’s WHO funding freeze during coronavirus pandemic gives China an opening to expand its influence 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The United States says Beijing is conjuring up a category that doesn’t exist and considers it a thinly veiled effort to expand China’s vision of blazing a “Polar Silk Road.” U.S. to give aid to Greenland, open consulate in bid to counter Russia and China 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z "There was a famous case called the Silk Road case. Silk Road at the time was the largest marketplace on the dark web," said Cardillo. Nancy Grace investigates the dark web: 'Sicilian Hitmen' for hire 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The massive program seeks to expand trade by building ports, roads and other transportation projects in a 21st century version of the fabled Silk Road. China, on virus PR offensive, sends masks and experts abroad 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Here was a fruit of the Silk Road, if ever there was one! In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z China is “willing to work with Italy to contribute to international cooperation in combating the epidemic and to the construction of a Health Silk Road,” read the write-up in Xinhua, the state newswire. Trump’s WHO funding freeze during coronavirus pandemic gives China an opening to expand its influence 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The bustling Tang capital was the eastern terminus of the Silk Road trade route, and donkeys were frequently used as pack animals. ‘Polo-obsessed’ Chinese noblewoman buried with her donkey steed 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z T urkmenistan, a nation of 5.9 million people on the Caspian Sea, lies on the ancient Silk Road trading route to China. Turkmenistan’s leader fires his longtime security chief 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Xi’s Belt and Road project, originally billed as a way to rebuild the ancient Silk Road trading network, now includes countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Iraq turns to China’s ‘Belt and Road,’ challenging U.S. dominance in Middle East 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z For many travelers, Uzbekistan is one of the ultimate Silk Road destinations. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The country is trying to merge its infrastructure-focused Belt and Road Initiative with its human rights and human development agenda, for instance, in an offshoot called the “Health Silk Road.” Trump’s WHO funding freeze during coronavirus pandemic gives China an opening to expand its influence 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Roger Thomas Clark, a Canadian man who admitted to helping run the infamous Silk Road online drug bazaar, has pleaded guilty in New York to a single related count of conspiracy to distribute narcotics. Roger Thomas Clark, Canadian adviser to ‘Silk Road’ website owner, pleads guilty to U.S. drug charge 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Officials brought Soleimani’s remains and others killed in the airstrike to a central square in the city of Kerman, a desert city surrounded by mountains that dates back to the days of the Silk Road. Thousands prepare to bury Iranian general killed by US 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z It now stands as the region’s largest investor and expects to cement that status with Belt and Road, a sprawling, $1-trillion infrastructure project meant to revive the ancient trading routes of the Silk Road. Newsletter: Impeachment time draws nigh 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Looking out over those crevassed hills, with outcroppings of dark rock showing through the yellow grass, I felt that this spontaneous spirit of mercantilism was at the heart of the Silk Road. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Today, Pakistan is receiving massive aid under China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a global endeavor aimed at reconstituting the Silk Road and linking China to all corners of Asia. AP Exclusive: 629 Pakistani girls sold as brides to China 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “I developed ideas on how to expand the Silk Road brand in to other areas and how to improve the site.” Roger Thomas Clark, Canadian adviser to ‘Silk Road’ website owner, pleads guilty to U.S. drug charge 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “But there are so many positive things the empire brought to the world, like the first postal system, the first international trading on the Silk Road and the diplomatic pass.” 'It's something new': how Mongolian rock band the Hu went viral 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Inspired by the ancient Silk Road, China is investing in a massive set of international development projects that are raising concerns about how the country is expanding its power around the world. China’s worldwide investment project is a push for more economic and political power 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Bukhara lay behind me, distilled into a memory of one sublime building, a Samanid mausoleum, which seemed to tie together all the different strands of Silk Road religion and history. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The so-called new Silk Road aims to connect almost half the world's populations and one-fifth of global GDP, setting up trade and investment links that stretch across the world. How China became the world's 'economic miracle' 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z More recently, Clark entered an affidavit in October in which he acknowledged providing technical advice on running Silk Road and referred to himself as being the website’s “de facto head of marketing.” Roger Thomas Clark, Canadian adviser to ‘Silk Road’ website owner, pleads guilty to U.S. drug charge 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z ‘This will be the key node for the successful implementation of the Polar Silk Road,’ ” The Journal reported. Buying Greenland: Trump haters mock the idea, but China is paying attention 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Nalanda’s graduates helped carry Buddhism to Tibet and points along the Silk Road. Walking the Path of the Buddha in a Neglected Corner of India 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The unforgiving logic of trade had reduced the fabled cities of the old Silk Road — Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva — to backwaters. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Younger ones engage in activities such as a “Silk Road” game that fit with this year’s theme of travel. Seattle camp plants seeds for change in Middle East — and at home 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z “Clark was a central figure in helping to lead Silk Road and in advocating violence to protect the site,” U.S. Roger Thomas Clark, Canadian adviser to ‘Silk Road’ website owner, pleads guilty to U.S. drug charge 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It says the accident took place Sunday at the Khan’s Palace in the historic city of Sheki, located on the ancient Silk Road that passes through the Caucasus Mountains. 19 hurt by falling tree branch at Azerbaijan UNESCO site 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z They were created as early as the 1st century A.D., when the region was a flourishing Buddhist center on the Silk Road connecting Asia and Europe. In Afghanistan, experts work to restore a trove of Buddha figurines smashed by the Taliban 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Timur had breathed fire into the veins of the old Silk Road. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The Irkeshtam crossing is China’s most westerly border and is used by traders and tourists, some following the historic Silk Road. Chinese border guards put secret surveillance app on tourists' phones 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z “Clark even went so far as to urge, and facilitate, the attempted killing of a co-conspirator suspected of stealing from Silk Road.” Roger Thomas Clark, Canadian adviser to ‘Silk Road’ website owner, pleads guilty to U.S. drug charge 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It is seen as a new Silk Road which, like the ancient trade route, is aimed at speeding Chinese goods to markets further afield. Bangladeshi and Chinese workers in deadly clash 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Beijing is investing billions of dollars in Pakistan as part of its Belt and Road Initiative, a global endeavor aimed at reconstituting the Silk Road and linking China to all corners of Asia. Sold into marriage, Pakistani women endure rapes in China 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z There were hardly any people, save visitors who came in droves to see the storied Silk Road town for themselves. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The region is part of the Silk Road, a trading route that thrived for many centuries, starting late in the first millennium B.C. and continuing into the Middle Ages. Archaeologists find signs of ritualized cannabis use 2,500 years ago in China 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Clark entered the plea in Manhattan federal court Thursday, the Department of Justice announced afterward, more than six years since the FBI shuttered Silk Road and over four years since Clark’s arrest overseas. Roger Thomas Clark, Canadian adviser to ‘Silk Road’ website owner, pleads guilty to U.S. drug charge 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The paper is part of a wider effort to track how the drug spread along the nascent Silk Road, on its way to becoming the global intoxicant it is today. Oldest evidence of marijuana use discovered in 2500-year-old cemetery in peaks of western China 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z We Uighurs are descendants of conquerors and merchants along the Silk Road. Opinion | China tried to erase the memory of Tiananmen Square. But its legacy lives on. The BRI was initially divided into two components, the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, names that evoke the travels of explorers like Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta. Perspective | Five myths about China’s Belt and Road Initiative 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Persians, Arabs and Chinese traded along the Silk Road for centuries “before the first Western ships arrived,” the video noted. China’s Xi rallies Asia by appealing to shared culture — with subtle dig at U.S. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z He was subsequently convicted on several counts related to running Silk Road and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Roger Thomas Clark, Canadian adviser to ‘Silk Road’ website owner, pleads guilty to U.S. drug charge 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z But it's already clear that the ancient Silk Road trafficked in more than spices, grains, and ideas. Oldest evidence of marijuana use discovered in 2500-year-old cemetery in peaks of western China 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Chinese exporters are diversifying overseas sales, helped in part by Beijing’s Belt and Road initiative to recreate the old Silk Road. No easy options for China as trade war, U.S. pressure bite 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Stirring photography, music inspired by the Silk Road and everything you needed to know about the Tony Award nominations but were afraid to ask. Essential Arts: Making sense of the Tony nominations in an eclectic, erratic season 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z China has had observer status at the Council since 2013, and has been increasingly active in the region, outlining a plan for a “Polar Silk Road” last year. Arctic nations to meet amid tensions over environment, resources 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z Federal prosecutors depicted Clark’s role helping to run Silk Road as being quite ruthless, however. Roger Thomas Clark, Canadian adviser to ‘Silk Road’ website owner, pleads guilty to U.S. drug charge 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z In that paper, China outlined plans to develop shipping lanes opened up by global warming to form a “Polar Silk Road” - building on President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative. Pentagon warns on risk of Chinese submarines in Arctic 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Security personnel near a ‘Golden Bridge on Silk Road’ decoration for the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing in April.Credit: Build a sustainable Belt and Road 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z The Belt and Road scheme seeks to build a modern version of the Silk Road to link China with Asia, Europe and beyond through large-scale infrastructure projects. China puts gentler face on Belt and Road, hits back at critics 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z The China Export and Credit Insurance Corp. and the Silk Road Fund, an equity fund established in 2014, are also involved. To Cut Emissions, China's Global Infrastructure Plan May Need a Greener Path 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Al-Falih spoke briefly on the sidelines of a visit to Beijing for a summit on China’s Belt and Road economic development initiative, rebuilding the old Silk Road to connect China with Asia, Europe and beyond. Saudi Arabia says China has not yet asked for more oil amid tighter... 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z A lengthy and secretive case surrounding the website that briefly succeeded the infamous Silk Road marketplace culminated in a British man being sentenced to over 5 years behind bars Friday. Silk Road 2.0 leader Thomas White sentenced to more than 5 years over defunct online drug bazaar 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z A jobless university drop-out, who created the successor to the notorious dark web site Silk Road to sell drugs and child sex abuse images, has been jailed. 'Drop-out' jailed for dark web site 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z China will set up both Silk Road museum and library alliances, the lengthy document reveals. China puts gentler face on Belt and Road, hits back at critics 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Wei has invited Eisenmann, the newspaper founder, to his official residence to discuss Panama’s “plans for the ‘Silk Road’.” China’s construction binge spreads to Americas, rattles US 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The United States, in fact, sought to stop Italy’s joining of the Silk Road. Italy’s Deal With China Signals a Shift as U.S. Influence Recedes 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Branded as Silk Road 2.0, that site ultimately suffered the same fate as its predecessor and went offline the following year. Silk Road 2.0 leader Thomas White sentenced to more than 5 years over defunct online drug bazaar 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The Silk Road took its name from the historic trade routes spanning Europe, Asia and parts of Africa. 'Drop-out' jailed for dark web site 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z “A new Silk Road,” Conte said, in a reference to the ancient trade routes that centuries ago helped to enrich Italian traders and foster a maritime empire around Venice. A defiant Italy becomes the first G-7 country to sign on to China’s Belt and Road Initiative 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Xi cited Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant and explorer who travelled the old Silk Road in the middle ages, as being the “first bridge” between Italy and China. Italy and China in plan for new Silk Road-style trade network 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z “We, as Europeans, want to play an active part,” in the new Silk Road project she said after the talks. Italy’s Deal With China Signals a Shift as U.S. Influence Recedes 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Silk Road 2.0 generated “millions of dollars in monthly sales” by facilitating the sale of illegal goods and services, the U.S. Silk Road 2.0 leader Thomas White sentenced to more than 5 years over defunct online drug bazaar 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The agency uncovered White's online chat with an administrator of Silk Road 2.0 where he said he wanted to set up a paedophiles' website "because there is money to be made from these people." 'Drop-out' jailed for dark web site 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The project is seen as a new Silk Road which, just like the ancient trade route, aims to link China to Europe. Italy joins China's New Silk Road project 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z European leaders were correct to demand more reciprocity with Beijing, Mr. Le Corre of the Harvard Kennedy School said, so that their new Silk Road won’t be a “one-way road.” Italy Gives Xi, and China’s Vast Infrastructure Project, a Royal Welcome 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z "Our two countries may harness our historical and cultural bonds forged through the ancient Silk Road," Xi wrote in the Corriere della Sera newspaper this week. Chinese visit to Italy seeks closer ties, stirs suspicions 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z White was arrested in November 2014, the same month Silk Road 2.0 shuttered, but the U.K. sealed details about his case until it came to a close. Silk Road 2.0 leader Thomas White sentenced to more than 5 years over defunct online drug bazaar 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z “Our two countries may harness our historical and cultural bonds forged through the ancient Silk Road,” Xi wrote in the Corriere della Sera newspaper this week. Chinese visit to Italy seeks closer ties, stirs suspicions 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z It is in this context that China's deal is being offered - funding that could rejuvenate Italy's grand old port cities along the Maritime Silk Road. Italy takes a shine to China's New Silk Road 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z On Friday, Mr. Xi thanked Italy for its “deep friendship” and spoke about the importance of “revitalizing the ancient Silk Road,” strengthening ties and developing a “series of concrete projects” together. Italy Gives Xi, and China’s Vast Infrastructure Project, a Royal Welcome 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The Polar Silk Road, said Malte Humpert, senior fellow and founder of The Arctic Institute, is part of China’s aim to develop or reinvigorate transportation and infrastructure corridors globally. Trump team vows to hit back against Russia and China’s 'Polar Silk Road' with Arctic Defense Strategy 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Ulbricht, the administrator of the original Silk Road, was convicted on seven counts related to the site as is serving life imprisonment without parole. Silk Road 2.0 leader Thomas White sentenced to more than 5 years over defunct online drug bazaar 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z China’s trillion-dollar initiative to forge a new Silk Road aims to expand commerce by building ports, railways and other infrastructure across more than 60 countries from the South Pacific through Asia to Europe and Africa. China’s Xi to make 3-nation Europe visit starting Thursday 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Xi Jinping's project is a New Silk Road which, just like the ancient trade route, aims to link China to Europe. Italy takes a shine to China's New Silk Road 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Business exploded after the site was mentioned in an article explaining how to use Bitcoin to buy goods on Silk Road, a sort of eBay for black market goods, especially illegal drugs. Bitcoin Tycoon Who Oversaw Mt. Gox Implosion Gets Suspended Sentence 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z At the time, it seemed like a messy end to the string of dark net takedowns that started with the Silk Road. The golden age of dark web drug markets is over 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Roger Thomas Clark, a Canadian man also charged in relation to the original Silk Road, was extradited last year from Thailand, meanwhile. Silk Road 2.0 leader Thomas White sentenced to more than 5 years over defunct online drug bazaar 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z A spokesman for Japan Display declined to comment, while Silk Road Fund and TPK Holding did not immediately reply to emailed requests for comment. Apple supplier Japan Display to get $700 million bailout from... 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The “belt” of the B.R.I. refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt, a tangle of rail and highway routes currently vining their way untidily across the continent from eastern China to Scandinavia. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Japanese media, including the business daily Nikkei, reported in December that Silk Road Fund was in contact with Japan Display over a potential investment. China’s Silk Road Fund Denies It Has Been in Talks With Japan Display 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Tourists from all over China and beyond are drawn to the ancient Muslim quarter of Xi’an, at the eastern end of the old Silk Road. Tuesday US briefing: Trump's rhetoric jars with reality of border life 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Founded by Dread Pirate Roberts — who would later be revealed as Ross Ulbricht — the promise of Silk Road was also essentially libertarian. Ten years after the genesis block, bitcoin’s been captured by the system it was supposed to replace 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z "You could say that this is the space Silk Road - it demonstrates China is a force to be reckoned with," Prof Hayward notes. Why China has its eye on the stars 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Frescoes of camel caravans flanked the entrance gate on Silk Road Avenue. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z They aspired to become middlemen on a revived Silk Road linking China with Islamic nations. Poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z But his disappearance led to a discovery that now draws explorers to a Central Asian country normally known for its vast steppes and ancient Silk Road cities. Lost in Asia's deepest cave 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The closure of Silk Road was the end of bitcoin’s beginning. Ten years after the genesis block, bitcoin’s been captured by the system it was supposed to replace 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Beidou quickly became a core component of Belt and Road, with the Chinese government calling the satellite network part of an “information Silk Road” in a 2015 white paper. China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Plan in Pakistan Takes a Military Turn 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z The “road” is the Maritime Silk Road, a shipping lane that will connect Quanzhou to Venice, with prospective stops along the way in Malaysia, Ethiopia and Egypt. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The predominantly Muslim Uighur and Kazakh ethnic minorities in China live mostly in the Xinjiang region bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, with a legacy dating back to ancient traders on the Silk Road. US sportswear traced to factory in China’s internment camps 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Dominic Barton, McKinsey’s managing partner at the time, made Belt and Road the theme of a keynote address in Beijing in 2015, recounting the Silk Road trade from the second century B.C. onward. How McKinsey Has Helped Raise the Stature of Authoritarian Governments 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z The closure of Silk Road was the end of bitcoin’s beginning The other key technology for dodging banking institutions — and the state — is the distributed ledger. Ten years after the genesis block, bitcoin’s been captured by the system it was supposed to replace 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The two countries signed Wednesday a memorandum of understanding on cooperation within China’s modern Silk Road initiative, with special emphasis on transport connections and energy. China strengthens foothold in EU with Portugal agreements 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The ancient Silk Road was equal parts trade route and social network. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Li said that Obaid could meet Chen, the godfather of the Silk Road venture, on the trip. Opinion | The Khashoggi killing had roots in a cutthroat Saudi family feud 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Especially remarkable was the location: Kashgar, the ancient Silk Road city in China’s far west that is experiencing a major humanitarian crisis. How McKinsey Has Helped Raise the Stature of Authoritarian Governments 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z The most significant community for early bitcoin, though, was dark web marketplace Silk Road. Ten years after the genesis block, bitcoin’s been captured by the system it was supposed to replace 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z CPEC, also known as the One Road Project, is part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, a global endeavor aimed at reconstituting the Silk Road and linking China to all corners of Asia. AP Explains: China's megaprojects fuel unease in Pakistan 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z CPEC, also known as the One Road Project, is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a global endeavor aimed at reconstituting the Silk Road and linking China to all corners of Asia. AP Explains: China’s megaprojects fuel unease in Pakistan 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Turki had agreed to invest at least $10 million in a development fund called the Silk Road Finance Corp., or SRFC, headed by an MIT-educated chief executive named Shan Li, according to the organization’s website. Opinion | The Khashoggi killing had roots in a cutthroat Saudi family feud 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Nature explores how Xi’an is trying to evolve from being the source of the Silk Road to the site of China’s Silicon Valley. Daily briefing: Huge Ancestry.com study reveals why long lives tend to run in families 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Xi’an Jiaotong University forms the University Alliance of the New Silk Road, with nearly 100 universities from 22 countries and regions. Taking the silk road to high-tech growth 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Central to the BRI is a modern version of the ancient Silk Road linking China to Europe by way of Central Asia. Opinion | China’s glittering glamour disguises a fist of tyranny 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The initiative is part of China’s wider “New Silk Road” plan to boost influence in Europe and elsewhere in the world through investments and closer economic relations. China wants to further boost ties in Central, East Europe 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z According to a Silk Road executive who requested anonymity, Turki and Obaid never became actual investors in the venture. Opinion | The Khashoggi killing had roots in a cutthroat Saudi family feud 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Silk Road was shut down in 2013 when authorities seized the website and arrested its creator, Ross Ulbricht, who was tried and convicted of drug trafficking charges, and sentenced in 2015 to life in prison. Man who helped run online drug market pleads guilty to U.S. charge 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Fabrics are knitted into human history, from the Silk Road to the mechanical looms of the Industrial Revolution. An ode to female space trainees, the creeping cost of climate change, and the fabric of history: Books in brief 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Last year, China boldly announced its biggest challenge ever to America’s place in the world economy: the construction of a 21st Century version of the ancient and esteemed Silk Road. How one small U.S agency plans to stop Iran from manipulating Iraq and outsmart China's growing global influence 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The Independent Office for Police Conduct is investigating after footage of the arrests at Rochdale's Silk Road store circulated via social media. Watchdog investigates Tesco row arrests 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The next 40 years will be about exporting to the fast-expanding economies of the Middle East and Africa and even to Europe, which lies at the end of the Silk Road. A long trade war will leave the world feeling its piggy bank was robbed 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z In June, prosecutors announced the extradition from Thailand to the United States of another defendant charged in connection with Silk Road, Roger Thomas Clark. Man who helped run online drug market pleads guilty to U.S. charge 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Trade and ties between China and Iran date back over 2,000 years to the ancient Silk Road caravan routes that brought the textile to Europe. Iran looks warily to China for help as US sanctions resume 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z There are also long-term fears that Chinese-funded projects will leave countries with decades of debt — on the hook to maintain the ports, railways and other points on what many call Beijing’s modern Silk Road. A would-be city in the Malaysian jungle is caught in a growing rift between China and its neighbors 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z In September 2013, speaking in Kazakhstan, the heart of Asia’s ancient Silk Road caravan route, he proclaimed a “one belt, one road initiative” aimed at economically integrating the enormous Eurasian land mass around Beijing’s leadership. Beijing’s bid for global power in the age of Trump 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z In its January publication, China called itself a “near-Arctic state,” even though it is located about 1,000 miles from the Arctic, and called for a “Polar Silk Road.” Analysis | Climate change cuts the shipping route between China and Europe by 5,000 miles 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Davis said his work for Silk Road included “helping the site run smoothly” and providing customer support. Man who helped run online drug market pleads guilty to U.S. charge 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z In January, China revealed ambitions to create a “Polar Silk Road” by developing shipping lanes opened up by global warming and encouraging enterprises to build infrastructure in the Arctic. Maersk sends first container ship through Arctic route 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The gang allegedly seized almost 650 objects, including gold and silver cutlery and jewellery, from the Dulan Tombs, which lie on the ancient Silk Road in northwest China. China arrests over ancient relic thefts 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Seven hundred years ago, an Italian trader named Marco Polo dazzled Europe with what he claimed were true stories of travels along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan. Opinion | China is buying a world of headaches 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z For Duisburg to permanently establish itself on the New Silk Road, he says, rail travel between China and Europe needs to outstrip other freight methods. Germany's 'China City': how Duisburg became Xi Jinping's gateway to Europe 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Silk Road never took formal ownership of the Finance Ministry company that owned the land, which was in the northern Malaysian state of Penang. Malaysia Suspects Chinese Cash Paid Troubled Fund’s Debt 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z When the tunnel opens in 2019, officials hope it will modernise Shantou's transport connections in time for it to become one of the designated 15 key ports along the maritime Silk Road. China's mega-machines 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z “By coincidence I was born on the Silk Road, and the name of the street where my home was actually means ‘silk way’ in Kazakh,” he told the Times in 2015. Olympic figure skating medalist Denis Ten killed in stabbing 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z ‘A grand-scale trade and investment plan to revitalize the ancient Silk Road and maritime spice routes.’ Mr. Xi’s Superpower Plans 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Unlike other cities on the New Silk Road, the port remains German-run. Germany's 'China City': how Duisburg became Xi Jinping's gateway to Europe 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Ulbricht was ultimately convicted on seven counts related to running Silk Road, including narcotics and money laundering conspiracies, and subsequently received two life sentences without the possibility of parole. Clemency sought in Silk Road case as foreign suspects face trials 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Last month, prosecutors announced the extradition of another defendant charged in connection with Silk Road, Roger Thomas Clark, from Thailand to the United States. Accused Silk Road administrator extradited to U.S. from Ireland 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The summit is part of China’s “New Silk Road” bid to boost its influence in Europe through investments and closer economic links. Chinese premier praises EU, says free trade must be upheld 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z In 2013 and 2014, he outlined a grand-scale trade and investment plan to revitalize the ancient Silk Road and maritime spice routes, linking China to countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Mr. Xi’s Superpower Plans 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Silk Road Petroleum did not respond to a request for comment sent via its website. Special Report: As sanctions bit, Iranian executives bought African... 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Davis was charged by U.S. prosecutors with similar counts related to Silk Road shortly after Ulbricht’s arrest and also faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment if convicted. Clemency sought in Silk Road case as foreign suspects face trials 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Prosecutors have said Silk Road was used in the sale of more than $200 million worth of illegal drugs and other contraband. Accused Silk Road administrator extradited to U.S. from Ireland 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Gary Davis, an Irishman accused of helping run the notorious Silk Road website prior to its shuttering in 2013, was cleared Wednesday to face related charges in the United States, regional media reported. Gary Davis, Irish ‘Silk Road’ suspect, cleared to face U.S. charges: Report 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The government shut down the Silk Road and prosecuted its founder, Ross W. Ulbricht. Drug Dealers Targeted in Sweep of Illicit Online Marketplaces 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z One official said there was growing concern that the new Silk Road might become a one-way gateway to flood Europe with China-made goods. In Europe's east, a border town strains under China's Silk Road... 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Haun led the prosecution of the federal agents who stole money from the online black market Silk Road when they were supposed to be tracking down the leader of the site. With Cryptocurrencies in Free Fall, One Big Firm Doubles Down 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The Silk Road has been defunct for nearly five years after Ross Ulbricht, who founded the dark web staple, was apprehended, arrested, and given a life prison sentence without parole. Alleged top Silk Road adviser extradited to US to face charges 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The digital Silk Road will help to create “a community of common destiny in cyberspace”, suggests Chen Zhaoxiong, a vice-minister of information technology. China talks of building a “digital Silk Road” 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Some vendors on Silk Road were also prosecuted. Drug Dealers Targeted in Sweep of Illicit Online Marketplaces 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z China sees Iran as a trade corridor for its “One Belt, One Road” initiative—a revival of the “Silk Road” route that exported its goods westward. China and Russia Push Into Iran, Exploiting Europe’s Caution 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z As such, increased interaction under the Hunnic and later the Turk Khaganate would have aided in bringing this plague strain through the Silk Road. Hun migration 'linked to deadly plague' 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z This past Friday, the US Attorney’s office announced Clark’s extradition to the United States to face newly unsealed charges for his role in Silk Road’s operation. Alleged top Silk Road adviser extradited to US to face charges 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z It was also a hub on the ancient Eurasian Silk Road, which China cites as its inspiration for the BRI. China talks of building a “digital Silk Road” 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z These extensions of Chinese soft power play on the idea of the Silk Road, that mythical ancient golden age of untrammeled trade and cross-cultural synergy. Opinion | Is China a Colonial Power? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Silk Road was an online marketplace that accepted only bitcoin as payment, allowing its vendors and customers to conceal their locations and identities. The Crypto Crime Wave Is Here 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z China wants to transform the port into its “gateway to Europe” under the billion Belt and Road initiative, which envisions a new “Silk Road” of land and sea routes with trading partners. Exclusive: EU suspects tax fraud at China's new gateway to Europe 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Together the social network looks less like a group of friends and more like the Silk Road black market of arms and drugs dealers. The evil genius of Cambridge Analytica was to exploit those we trust most | Richard Wolffe 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Hardly a tech convention goes by in Xi’an without talk of the digital Silk Road. China talks of building a “digital Silk Road” 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Some of China’s Silk Road projects will be boondoggles. Opinion | Is China a Colonial Power? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Silk Road 2.0 appeared the next month and remained active for about a year before authorities shut it down. The Crypto Crime Wave Is Here 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Wu Man, who is well known from her performances with the Silk Road Ensemble as well as the many pipa concertos that have been written for her, comes from a different sort of Chinese village. In praise of musical tourism: Huayin Shadow Puppet Band and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z In 2014 he was charged with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, as well as conspiring to launder money to help customers of Silk Road — the massive criminal online marketplace — make purchases with bitcoin. Bitcoin prosecutions may break new legal ground 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z In 2014, he was charged with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, as well as conspiring to launder money to help customers of Silk Road — the massive criminal online marketplace — make purchases with bitcoin. Bitcoin on trial as prolific trader faces money laundering charges 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z It wants to turn its capital, Astana, into the biggest air and rail hub on the new Silk Road. Why China is swooping on Georgia’s airline industry 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z HNA Capital, for instance, announced on Feb 27 that it was helping to raise 20 billion yuan to help fund projects along China’s new Silk Road trade initiative. China's HNA, shedding debt overseas, is still Hainan's hometown... 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z In honor of Schwarzman’s China ties, the party was themed “The Silk Road,” with three-story temples, trapeze acrobats and “Oriental ribbon dancers,” according to the society magazine Avenue. Trump’s China whisperer: How billionaire Stephen Schwarzman has sought to keep the president close to Beijing 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Helping fuel the growth of that market, Caterpillar executives and analysts say, is China’s Belt and Road initiative, a huge infrastructure spending spree that builds on the old Silk Road trading routes. Caterpillar drives sales on China's new Silk Road 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z In March, the city of Kashgar, a former Silk Road outpost in southwestern Xinjiang, spent more than $51 million on the purchase and installation of surveillance systems—including an integrated data platform. About to Break the Law? Chinese Police Are Already On To You 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The Silk Road, he went on, was “the New York Stock Exchange of the 13th century.” The Heart-Clearing Stillness of the Mongolian Countryside 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z The Silk Road metropolis was home to thousands of Turks, Arabs, Uighurs, Indians and many others. South Korea’s Most Dangerous Enemy: Demographics 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z At first he called the business Caravanserai, the word for Silk Road merchant hostels, but he simplified it after getting too many blank stares. When You’re a ‘Digital Nomad,’ the World Is Your Office 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Helping fuel the growth of that market, Caterpillar executives and analysts say, is China’s Belt and Road initiative, a huge infrastructure spending spree that builds on the old Silk Road trading routes. Caterpillar drives sales on China's new Silk Road 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The radar, penetrating several feet below the surface, proved a boon for archaeologists, identifying unseen ruins in the Sahara and along the ancient Silk Road route in Asia. A Suitcase-Size Satellite’s Big Image of Frozen Earth Below 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web This new documentary revisits the story of the black market website that quickly became a safe haven for international drug trafficking. Monday's TV highlights: 'Independent Lens' on KOCE 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z The new documentary "Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web" shines a light on the shadowy side of the internet. TV This Week, Feb. 4-10: Super Bowl LII, the Winter Olympics, 'Wonder Woman' and more 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z An exposé of Silk Road, the underground drug market. Saving Gawker and Alt-Weeklies From Deletion 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z In a 2015 trial about the Silk Road online drug bazaar, lawyers argued over how to present emoticons in online messages to jurors. Lawyers Faced With Emojis and Emoticons Are All ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z "China hopes to work with all parties to build a 'Polar Silk Road' through developing the Arctic shipping routes," China said in its first official policy paper on the polar region. China unveils plans for 'Polar Silk Road' 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z It offers China’s leadership in developing a “Polar Silk Road” for economic and social cooperation. A New Cold War? China Declares Itself a ‘Near-Arctic State’ 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Nepal last year joined the Belt and Road Initiative, which is China’s effort to develop a modern “Silk Road” connecting Asia with Europe, Middle East and Africa by road, railway, sea and air. With new Chinese link, Nepal ends India's internet monopoly 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The plan promises to revive ancient Silk Road routes connecting China to Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe through enormous infrastructure projects. In China, Macron Offers a Horse, and a Vision to Counter Trump 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z By beginning his tour of China in Xi’an, the ancient Silk Road hub, Macron was also offering symbolic backing to Xi’s signature foreign policy campaign, the $900bn Belt and Road initiative. Macron brings gift of horse called Vesuvius on visit to China 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z According to the memo, Mr. Saidakhmetov was born along the old Silk Road in the “backwater city” of Turkestan, Kazakhstan. One Brooklyn Man’s Lonely Journey to Jihad 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z It was Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan A. Nazarbayev, the country’s sole ruler since it broke from the imploding Soviet Union, who first proposed reviving old Silk Road trade routes. China’s Ambitious New ‘Port’: Landlocked Kazakhstan 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Nepal last year joined the Belt and Road Initiative, which is China’s effort to develop a modern “Silk Road” connecting Asia with Europe, Middle East and Africa by road, railway, sea and air. With new Chinese link, Nepal ends India's internet monopoly 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The Silk Road was established during the Han dynasty, beginning around 130 B.C. A New Silk Road 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z FUZHOU, China—For hundreds of years, China used the Silk Road to ship porcelain, tea and other goods around the world. China Recreates the Silk Road to Challenge Hollywood 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The Belt and Road infrastructure drive aims to build a modern-day “Silk Road” connecting China to economies in Southeast and Central Asia by land and the Middle East and Europe by sea. China, Pakistan to look at including Afghanistan in $57 billion econom 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z At Xingxing Gorge, a windswept pass used centuries ago by merchants plying the Silk Road, police inspected incoming traffic and verified travelers’ identities. Twelve Days in Xinjiang: How China’s Surveillance State Overwhelms Daily Life 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z The data will help archaeologists trace a central locus of the Silk Road linking Europe and China. Spy satellites are revealing Afghanistan’s lost empires 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z A huge dark-net narcotics market, Silk Road, was broken up, and its owner was sentenced to life in prison. I Was Wrong About Bitcoin. Here’s Why. 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z When the movie starts shooting in May, he plans to film in China, Turkey and other Silk Road locations. China Recreates the Silk Road to Challenge Hollywood 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The Belt and Road infrastructure drive aims to build a modern-day “Silk Road” connecting China to economies in Southeast and Central Asia by land and the Middle East and Europe by sea. China, Pakistan to look at including Afghanistan in $57 billion econom 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z And Bitcoin first gained public notice because of its use as anonymous digital cash on black-market websites like the Silk Road. Bitcoin Hasn’t Replaced Cash, but Investors Don’t Care 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z China’s “new Silk Road” initiative to expand trade across Asia, Africa and Europe is one of the keys themes of the sixth edition of the annual meeting with the 16 European countries. China’s premier sees growing globalization in Eastern Europe 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z China invests $4-8 Trillion in new roads, rails, shipping lanes in New Silk Road/OBOR, linking Asia, Europe, Africa by land, sea, and air. They Stayed Put, but Their City Disappeared 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z The sale of drugs on the dark Web was thought to have been slowed in 2013, when Silk Road, a drug marketplace, was shut down. Why the fight against opioid abuse is happening at the post office 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z For millennia, it served as a key conduit for trade along the ancient Silk Road that stretched from China to the Mediterranean. Homeland of bike path suspect known for poverty, suppression 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The belt runs along the old Silk Road and the maritime road stretches across the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean via the coast of Africa and the Suez canal. As Trump turns his back on the world, the stage is set for President Xi | Larry Elliott 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The ancient Silk Road faded in importance in the 1700s as more sophisticated ships began plying sea routes crammed with booty. China's New Silk Road Is a Challenge for Washington 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Ross Ulbricht, the convicted administrator of Silk Road, is currently serving life imprisonment for related charges. Feinstein asks Sessions about pursuing illegal ‘dark web’ sites, teases possible legislation 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z China is pouring billions of pounds' worth of investment into Greece and other Balkan countries to create a "New Silk Road" from the Mediterranean into the heart of the European Union. Why is China investing heavily in south-east Europe? 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Legend said it wanted to provide banking services to companies taking part in China’s flagship “Belt and Road” project to build a latter-day Silk Road to Europe. A Chinese carmaker agrees to buy a Danish investment bank 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z China’s efforts to build a new Silk Road are another major factor influencing demand in the near term, and BHP estimates the impact on steel alone at 150 million tonnes of new demand, Balhuizen said. BHP, world's largest miner, says 2017 is 'tipping point' for electric cars 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Above all, the new Silk Road is a geopolitical gambit. China's New Silk Road Is a Challenge for Washington 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Translations indicate that it may have been used by Silk Road merchants practicing arithmetic. Ancient Text Reveals New Clues to the Origin of Zero 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z The trains rumbling through Astana result from a Chinese initiative, in tandem with countries like Kazakhstan, to build a “New Silk Road” through Central Asia. New rail routes between China and Europe will change trade patterns 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The deal, Legend said, was linked to the Belt and Road initiative, President Xi Jinping’s policy of building a modern Silk Road to expand global trade and influence. After roads and railways, China's Silk Road dealmakers eye financial firms 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z China’s efforts to build a new Silk Road are another major factor influencing demand in the near term, and BHP estimates the impact on steel alone at 150 million tonnes of new demand, Balhuizen said. BHP, world's largest miner, says 2017 is 'tipping point' for electric cars 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The new Silk Road is the purest illustration of Beijing’s budding influence as Washington is consumed with partisan bickering and fumbles for a coherent foreign policy. China's New Silk Road Is a Challenge for Washington 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Called the New Silk Road, the route would run from China to Germany, via the port of Piraeus in Greece, passing through the Balkans. As China Moves In, Serbia Reaps Benefits (With Strings Attached) 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z |
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