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Silk Road
Is China’s New Silk Road Just Another Elaborate Scam?
Commentary China kicked off the 2022 U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP27) on Nov. 6 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, by calling on the world to provide aid to poorer nations. The ...
November 10, 2022
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John Mac Ghlionn
Panama a Key Country in Any Conflict With China
Commentary Some may not know at all, some may have forgotten, but at one time, the Panama Canal ...
November 28, 2021
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John Mills
China’s ‘Dollar Diplomacy’: Generous Student Scholarships for Countries Participating in Belt and Road
In recent years, the Chinese communist regime has been aggressively pushing “dollar diplomacy” in countries participating in its ...
November 5, 2020
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Alex Wu
CCP Virus Threatens to Destroy China’s $3.87 Trillion Belt and Road Initiative
News Analysis The CCP virus may destroy the Chinese regime's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which since 2013 ...
April 22, 2020
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Chriss Street
China’s Belt and Road Initiative Leads to Global Pandemic
Commentary Reminiscent of the old Silk Road trading routes of the Mongol Empire that linked Asia with Europe, ...
March 12, 2020
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James Gorrie
China Struggles to Ease Concerns About Silk Road Project as Summit Looms
BEIJING/BRUSSELS—China is struggling to ease worries about Chinese leader Xi Jinping's signature plan to build a new Silk ...
April 4, 2019
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Reuters
Pakistan Cuts Chinese ‘Silk Road’ Rail Project by $2 Billion Because of Debt Concerns
LAHORE, Pakistan—Islamabad has slashed the size of the biggest Chinese "Silk Road" project in Pakistan by $2 billion, ...
October 1, 2018
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Reuters
Secret Service Agent Sentenced in Online Currency Theft
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Secret Service agent to nearly six years in prison following ...
December 7, 2015
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The Associated Press
How a Virtual ‘Mob Boss’ From Texas Became the New Face of Organized Crime
In October 2013, the FBI arrested Ross “Dread Pirate Roberts” Ulbricht for his role in leading a major ...
July 16, 2015
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Diana S. Dolliver
How Imperial China’s Campaign to Fend Off Barbarians Opened the Silk Road
The Han Dynasty imperial officers never found the Celestial Steeds they were searching for. What they did find ...
July 7, 2015
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Leo Timm
Why China’s New Silk Road Could Be More Dangerous Than the Ancient One
The proposed China-Pakistan "Silk Road" will run through a terrorist hotspot, and separatist insurgents and Islamist militants aren't ...
April 20, 2015
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Joshua Philipp
This Is New York: Marla Mossman, on Documenting Disappearing Cultures
Marla Mossman has made eight trips—traveling by car, foot, horse, mule, and camel—through Silk Road countries in Central ...
August 23, 2014
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Amelia Pang
Zhang Qian: Pioneer Explorer of the Route to the West
Zhang Qian is honored for the development of the ancient Silk Road and for being instrumental in promoting ...
October 5, 2013
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David Wu
Chinese Character: Silk (絲)
The Chinese character for silk depicts coils of silk or fine thread formed by strands that have been ...
May 30, 2013
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Cindy Chan
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