Silk Road
Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
Society
December 28, 2018
Hui poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
JINAN, China (AP) — Cui Haoxin is too young to remember the days of his Hui people’s oppression under China’s…
Decades of war shatter Afghanistan’s glassblowing craft
Middle East
October 24, 2018
Decades of war shatter Afghanistan’s glassblowing craft
Hunched and shriveled, Afghan glassblower Ghulam Sakhi deftly blows and twirls molten glass into delicate blue and green goblets and…
EU launches Asia strategy to rival China’s ‘new Silk Road’
Business
September 26, 2018
EU launches Asia strategy to rival China’s ‘new Silk Road’
As doubts grow over China’s vast “Belt and Road” trade infrastructure project, the EU is launching an alternative plan…
Silk Road website creator gets life term for drug plot
World
May 30, 2015
Silk Road website creator gets life term for drug plot
The accused mastermind behind the Silk Road underground website was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for orchestrating a…
Sisi says new Suez Canal project will serve new Silk Road
Egypt
December 23, 2014
Sisi says new Suez Canal project will serve new Silk Road
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said that Egypt will be a key component for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s initiative to…