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The headlines around the world are nowadays preoccupied with the news about the trade war between the United States and China. As serious as this conflict is, eventually it will be resolved. What ...

No one wants to live in a world without cats, but for a period of about 600 years, this was the sad reality for the people of ancient China – until the Silk Road brought them their first domestic ...

BEIJING, Jan. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Textiles from Dunhuang and A Comprehensive Collection of Chinese Silks Presentation of Achievements and Academic Symposium was held in Beijing China on 22 ...

One of the most advanced fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal faces an engineering problem which an ancient Chinese silk-weaving tactic may solve. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor remains the ...

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennium ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, they hitched a ride along the Silk Road. A team of Chinese researchers has ...

New research suggests that domestic cats first appeared in China around 600 CE, likely arriving via the Silk Road trade route ...