China’s medical sector giants are setting up African factories in search of new markets in belt and road countries.

The Chinese government pledged $50 billion (KSh 6.4 trillion) in economic and other development to African member states that ...

Both have as their theme the idea of the Silk Road, an-overland trade route said to stretch ever since antiquity all the way ...

This is an edited version of Daily News editor Ayanda Mdluli’s speech delivered at the Belt and Road Forum for International ...

Researchers recently used drones with special light-sensing tools, known as lidar, to discover two ancient Silk Road cities in Uzbekistan’s mountains. This is the first time in Central Asia that such ...

The world is full of legendary highways but none can compete with the Silk Road – the storied route set to fascinate the masses at the British Museum in a new exhibition (September 26 to ...

A new album of rare grooves from Soviet Central Asia reveals an era when the region was a crucible for musical fusion.

The Silk Road, the ancient trading route that spanned from Asia toward the West, is where we find journalist Paul Salopek these days. Salopek began his "Out of Eden" walk four years ago in Ethiopia.

The arrival of China’s Maritime Silk Road (MSR) in Tanzania introduces complex layers of economic promise and questions around sovereignty.

Instead the silk road of myth was the sum of myriad trading networks – of everything, not just silk – between Japan, north-east Europe and West Africa. Was the sixth century bronze Buddha ...

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (China Economic Net) - Faced with a series of global challenges, South-South cooperation is crucial for developing countries to mitigate and adapt to climate change and achieve ...