Until the 13th century, the ancient Silk Route of Asia was the world's most important cross-border artery, at a time when Asia was a major trade and economic center of the world. The "Silk Road" refers to an extensive pan-Asia interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent...

The Polar Silk Road is a 2018 announced policy of China's in relation to its ambitions with the Arctic Circle and adjoining countries. It is a further strategic move under the ambitious Belt & Road Initiative ("One Belt, One Road"). The Arctic is rich in mineral resources, with global warming is...

The concept of the Silk Road Economic Belt put forward by the Chinese President Xi Jinping in September 2013 has two major dimensions: ‘the Road' and ‘the Belt'. This article examines the background, the legal status, values, institutional framework, and major areas of cooperation of the...

Production: the development of sericulture and interacting with the natural environment -- Trade: negotiations between central governments and local societies -- Fashion: the desire for luxury silk, the color red, and foreignness -- Regulation: sumptuary laws and the decline of the traditional...