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Article: The new Silk Road diplomacy; China's Central ...
Reference & Research Book News;  November 1, 2009 ;     516 words ... ... 9780774816922 The new Silk Road diplomacy; China's Central Asian foreign policy since ... routes known as the Silk Road, has for centuries ... importance of the Silk Road may have declined ... diplomacy towards the Central Asian states, Karrar ...

Article: The big trip: Bug pits to boutique hotels: take the New ...
The Independent on Sunday;  May 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... families desperate to reconnect with the world are opening their doors to some of the most charming travel options along the Old Silk Road. Bukhara the Holy, Muslim pilgrims called it for centuries - so holy that the light shone up from earth, not down from heaven ...

Article: Holidays: On the Silk Road; MARK CLEMENTS didn't ...
Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  January 30, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... but once it was at the heart of the Silk Road - the ancient trading route between East ... began to travel along the route of the Silk Road that I felt my journey had really begun ... within the Ichon-Qala. This is where my Silk Road journey finally came to an end, with ...

Article: Silk Road is open for business.
UzReport;  September 3, 2008 ;     657 words ... ... demonstrate that the Silk Road is now open for business ... haulage along the Silk Road, from Central-Asian and Asia-Pacific ... The revival of the Silk Road in the 21st century ... transport haulage in the Central-Asian region on 16 September ...

Article: Kazakhstan: Silk Road funding.
TendersInfo;  December 13, 2008 ;     626 words ...Byline: pinto03 Progress is now being made on the 2,175km of the Silk Road or Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Transport Corridor I running though Kazakhstan. A substantial portion of the funding for ...

Article: Travel: I travelled the Silk Road in a taxi with ...
The Independent - London;  May 11, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... its central location on the Silk Road, providing bridges between ... sacks of potatoes. Reviving the Silk Road? This was the Central Asian equivalent to stacking up on ... What of it. This was the Silk Road. After an hour or two, taxis ...

Article: Rebuilding of the Silk Road.
The Star (Amman, Jordan);  July 24, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... five independent Central Asian republics of Uzbekistan ... region to revive the Silk Road for cultural exchange ... reconstruction of the Silk Road has been proposed ... extending westwards via Central Asian and European countries ... tourism among the Central ...