The newly reinstalled arts of China gallery on NOMA’s third floor showcases works spanning over 5,000 years, dating back to ...

N ew research suggests that domestic cats first appeared in China around 600 CE, likely arriving via the Silk Road trade ...

Central Asia was a conduit for Chinese silk to the West and a major producer of silk and cotton in its own right. The region grew into a central manufacturing hub of fabric and metals, among other ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats ...

As Central Asia becomes a stage for Russian and Chinese rivalry, their political influence and economic investments reshape ...

The Silk Road, a network of trade routes connecting ... and missionaries from regions including Persia, India, Central Asia, and the Roman Empire. The Sogdian people originated from Sogdiana ...

Beyond the romanticised imagery lies a complex narrative, revealing the term’s true origins, historical misperceptions and its contemporary implications in a ...

A Central Asian Soviet-era pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean Brass Bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

through Central Asia and the Middle East. In order not to ‘miss the train’ of the new Silk Road, which would bring Tajikistan back to the glorious days of ancient Khorasan and Sogdiana ...

China and Tajikistan sign a cooperation agreement to build the longest road bridge in Central Asia in the country. Photo: ...

History has handed Malaysia and Kazakhstan a second chance to walk the Silk Road—not as mere travelers, but as architects of ...