Five hundred and fifty-two A.D. Nestorian monks, who would later become Emperor Justinian, brought silkworm eggs to Europe by smuggling them out of China. As a consequence, the silk industry in the ...

The luxurious textile that sparked the first global trade network may have been seen as more than just a material object in ancient China ... traces of fabric. Due to its delicacy, silk is ...

The team includes researchers from the China National Silk Museum in Hangzhou, the Sanxingdui Research Institute and the Sanxingdui Museum in Sichuan. Silk, a precious commodity in China ...

Silk fabric, which has its roots in the ancient East and the output and cultivation of very hard-working silk moths, was once traded and prized as one of China's most famous exports, and through ...

cultivation of silk has been an integral branch of Suzhou’s past. Cultivation and trade of the fabric in China as a whole dates back over 5,000 years. Silks were originally reserved for the ...

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 ...

Far superior to the narrow wooden strips or hard-to-handle rolls of silk that the Chinese had previously used for writing, paper soon became the writing material of choice throughout China and East ...

The project is seen as a new Silk Road which, just like the ancient trade route, aims to link China to Europe. Italy's European Union allies and the United States have expressed concern at China's ...

Waves of Fortune: China's Maritime Silk Road is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...

which can be reached in 24 days from China via the Panama Canal. And the Polar Silk Road will only be open in the summer for decades to come. Sea ice and vicious weather conditions will continue ...

The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia ...