I travel the world reporting on emerging markets and China overseas. This article is more than 8 years old. The New Silk Road, the emerging network of economic corridors stretching from China to ...

This has been the story of the trade and the Silk Road from the beginning, and today it’s no different. While the COVID-19 epidemic has spread out of China along the routes of the Belt and Road ...

China has a massive blueprint for boosting its economic growth, and part of the project is called the “Digital Silk Road.” Not to be confused with the online darknet marketplace, China’s ...

To reach the cities and tourist attractions of western China, the well-to-do travel by ... Rickety vehicles ply Route 312, which parallels the old Silk Road, carrying traders who deal in cell ...

China’s ambitious belt and Road Initiative might appear to be an economic development proposal on the surface, but building a modern-day “Silk Road” connecting 68 countries from Southeast ...

China has signed another $64bn (£50bn) worth of deals for its 21st century Silk Route scheme, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) - taking the total to a whopping $3.67trn (£2.87trn). It comes ...

First and foremost, the Maritime Silk Road is designed to pacify neighboring countries threatened by China’s aggressive territorial claims in the South China Sea. Curiously, China has attempted ...

A Chinese initiative known as the “Digital Silk Road” is helping Southeast Asian nations modernize their digital landscapes. But rights groups say Beijing is also exporting its model of ...

BEIJING—Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday that China will contribute $40 billion to its new Silk Road Fund designed to improve trade and transport links in Asia, according to the ...

China’s interest in most of the Silk Road economies centers on gaining access to oil and gas reserves, which do not form sources of traditional cargo. It also remains uncertain whether Chinese ...

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 conjures images of desert caravans crossing the Great Steppe and adventurers like Marco Polo navigating ancient trading routes connecting China with Europe and Africa. China’s ...