The horse has moulded empires, wars and human affairs profoundly ...

The runway show featured pants and dresses of loose, relaxed silhouettes that evoke unrestrained, expressive Chinese xieyi ...

The post-WWII rationing of clothing was still in effect in the United Kingdom, so the Princess had to purchase the material for the dress with ration coupons. The Chinese silk dress was designed ...

van der Wende, Marijk C., William C. Kirby, Nian Cai Liu, and Simon Marginson, eds. China and Europe on the New Silk Road: Connecting Universities Across Eurasia. Oxford University Press, 2020.

Few things in Chinese culture are more widely misunderstood outside of China than the Chinese language. The Chinese write very differently from us and indeed from all other literate societies in today ...

Dresses start at 500 RMB (£50 ... to be in possession of an exclusive piece of Suzhou silk is to hold a piece of China’s history in your hands. It’s a must-have for any intrepid voyager ...

where it links up with the rail network in China. The project in Laos has been heavily criticized by opponents of the new Silk Road because of its financing. World Bank figures seem to corroborate ...

The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia ...

The Silk Road network is generally thought of as stretching from an eastern terminus at the ancient Chinese capital city of Chang’an (now Xi’an) to westward end-points at Byzantium (Constantinople), ...

Five hundred and fifty-two A.D. Nestorian monks, who would later become Emperor Justinian, brought silkworm eggs to Europe by smuggling them out of China. As a consequence, the silk industry in the ...

A total of 29 deals amounting to €2.5bn ($2.8bn) were signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Rome. The project is seen as a new Silk Road which, just like the ancient trade route ...