like China today, mass-produced trade goods and exported them by sea. Working in shifts until the monsoon stopped them, a team of divers retrieved the ancient artifacts. The treasure—much of it ...

These countries and regions in turn also sent diplomatic missions to China, which brought a busy trade to Xinjiang. Ancient central China's silk products, iron ware, gold and platinum, bronze ...

Russia and China are planning to revive the age-old practice of barter trade to get around Western sanctions, Reuters reported on Thursday. The deals could involve agriculture and could come as ...

These artifacts confirm the site's pivotal role as a hub along the ancient Silk Road, a trade route once connecting China with Central Asia and the rest of the world. A total of six tombs and two ...

from Mozambique’s ancient forests to China is helping to fund a brutal Islamist insurgency as well as a large criminal network in the north of the southern African country. This illicit trade in ...