Silk Road

Carving a protective niche for Silk Road's caves

8 Jan 2013

The ancient Silk Road and digital technology would appear to be worlds and millennia apart but a new project is bringing the two together in the name of preservation.

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Trekker Jin Qiao leads walks across Asia

14 Oct 2012

What is a walk worth to you? For some people, rushing to or from work down crowded pavements, a walk is just a means of getting from point A to B.

4:36AM

Staying true to its routes

23 May 2012

The overland Silk Road has a cousin, the Maritime Silk Route, which began much earlier, carried more cargo and visited more cities than the famous camel caravans that crossed the deserts of...

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Routes that gave birth to global trade

28 Sep 2011

It might seem as if globalisation and trade is a relatively new thing, but it is an age-old idea that has escalated over the past few centuries - and taken a more immediate route since the rise of...

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The Silk Road in Ningxia

29 Dec 2008

More than 100 archaeological artefacts such as pottery figures, stone sculptures (including a buddha, right) and coins dating back to the Northern Wei dynasty (386-534).

4:35AM

Story of the Horse

3 Jul 2008

Hong Kong Museum of Art

Ends Dec 28

8:42PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

4:27AM

Hardship tour

It's often called the most romantic journey in the world. But Colin Thubron is quick to remind you that the fabled Silk Road 'is very tough, a tough area to go through'.

9:08PM

Shadow of the Silk Road

by Colin Thubron

Vintage, HK$136

9:54AM

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma China Tour

The cellist (right) joins the ensemble to play traditional and new works inspired by the Silk Road trade route. Tue, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$300-HK$1,800 Urbtix.

7:04AM

Ancient wonders

The legendary Silk Road is the source of inspiration for Shanghai Tang's autumn/winter collection. Titled Kohtan, the collection draws upon tribal prints from Central Asia as well as traditional...

3:45PM

New Silk Road to link Beijing, Black Sea

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, China's border trade with the newly independent states of Central Asia has flourished.

3:43AM

Extremes Along the Silk Road - Adventures off the World's Oldest Superhighway

by Nick Middleton

John Murray, $135

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