April 2007
Tameshk: Back In Business
silk road film // video listing
February 2007
xinjiang_watch: Xinjiang News Roundup: 1 February 2007
This year begins a new program to develop “Silk Road” tourism. The National Tourism Board
PhDiva: Romans in China?
It's a little like the claims about the Tarim Basin mummies being 'Celtic' - a very colonial view of archaeology where western influence has to be sought, encouraged by the locals who are seeking to emphasise their differences from Beijing.
Eyes On China: Natural Resources Vacuumed Up; President Hu in Africa « Peace and Freedom
Some call the China trade route with Africa “The New Silk Road.” The ancient Chinese Silk Road connect people as far east as Korea with a more than 5,000 mile trade route that brought goods and trade to the Mediterranean Sea and Europeans
FT.com / Comment & analysis / Comment - Tread lightly along the new Silk Road
A dramatic rise in the flows of goods, capital and people between the oil-rich Gulf and the fast-developing nations of Asia began around the dawn of the new century that may go on to reshape the world economy.
January 2007
Trade and Exploration
TRAVELERS, TRADERS, & EXPLORERS 1000 - 1600 AD.
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