Silk
Silk has set the standard in luxury fabrics for several millennia. The origins of silk date back to Ancient China. Legend has it that a Chinese princess was sipping tea in her garden when a cocoo...
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Phnom Penh (dpa) - A Cambodian and a Chinese company have inked a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will see Cambodian land
cultivated to breed silk worms and a factor...
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From the ancient oasis towns of Central Asia, we retraced the epic journeys traveled along the Silk Road through desolate mountains and deserts, through busy bazaars and crumbling mud-bri...
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For decades, officials have dreamed of a railway network spanning Asia, linking cities as diverse as Kuala Lumpur and Kabul, Yangon and Yerevan.
Greater connections among existing rail net...
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September 09, 2007 - Toronto - Tour d’Afrique Ltd, creators and organizers of epic transcontinental bicycle expeditions across Africa and Europe have geared up once again to make bicycle hist...
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Yo-Yo Ma is hitting the road _ the Silk Road to China.It's the first time since 2001 that the cellist has taken his Silk Road Project to that key region of the ancient trade route, which stretched ...
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Cologne (dpa) - A classic men's suit without a necktie is simply
unthinkable, and now the fashion accessory is gaining ground in men's
casual wear with fresh designs.
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Berlin (dpa) - Sensational recent archaeological finds from
Xinjiang, China's most northwestern province, are on show for the
first time in Europe at The Origins of the Silk...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
THE NEW SILK ROAD (The Japan Times, an English-language daily)
Over the past several years, institutes, programs and projects
have be...
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