Silk Road
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| Regions | Asia-Pacific |
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| Designated | 2014 (38th session) |
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| ID | 1114311 |
About Silk Road
The Silk Road was a network of trade routes which connected the East and West, and was central to the economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between these regions from the 2nd century BCE to the 18th century.
Vladimir Putin feted at Xi Jinping's global Belt and Road summit
... In his speech littered with Silk Road references and colourful proverbs, Mr Xi continued to stress this point...
Belt and Road Initiative: Is China's trillion-dollar gamble to transform the world working?
... Was it worth it? A win-win economic success? From the moment the BRI was unveiled in 2013 with comparisons to the ancient Silk Road, it was clear China had sprawling ambitions...
China's roads win hearts in South Asia - but at a cost
... The Silk Road route has been used for trade and travel for centuries, and in the last 10 years, it has become central to Beijing s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)...
Pirelli: Italy blocks Chinese control of tyre giant
... The Chinese government s Silk Road investment fund also owns a 9% stake in Pirelli...
Stolen $3bn Bitcoin mystery ends with popcorn tin discovery
... James Zhong has pleaded guilty to hacking the funds in 2012 from the illegal Silk Road marketplace...
Zero-Covid: How Xi's flagship policy is spoiling his party
... 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...
How China became the world's 'economic miracle'
... 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...
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