Chinese President Xi Jinping and leaders of five Central Asian countries plant six pomegranate trees that represent close ...

This photo taken on June 12, 2025 shows the glazed bracelets displayed at the China (Hainan) Museum of the South China Sea in Qionghai, south China's Hainan Province. A great number of exhibits ...

A new book recounts the last leg of a 40,000km Silk Road odyssey, revealing the age-old sights and sounds of the Middle ...

The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] A batch of ancient Chinese silk manuscript fragments, believed to be older than the Dead Sea Scrolls, are returning to China after a handover ceremony at the US ...

Two volumes of 2,300-year-old silk books – the earliest known in China – arrived in Beijing from the United States in the early hours of Sunday, marking the end of their 79-year journey abroad.

Chinese silk weaving has a long history, dating back to the Neolithic period. The earliest known fragments of silk fabric dating back more than 4,700 years were unearthed at the Qianshanyang site in ...

China plans to build its first national heritage route along the historically significant Hexi Corridor, located in northwest China, within the next ...

The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.

BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- In the predawn hours of Sunday, a commercial flight from Washington D.C. touched down in Beijing carrying an extraordinary cultural payload -- a collection of ancient ...

These texts are over 2,000 years old and are considered the oldest known silk manuscripts from the Warring States period unearthed in China. They hold significance for the study of ancient Chinese ...