ASTANA — Beneath the streets of modern-day Turkistan lies the ancient settlement of Yassy-Turkistan, an archaeological ...

The Israel-Iran conflict has shown that Central Asia’s bid for strategic autonomy is deeply fragile. In a world of unraveling ...

The Zhetyasar Oasis, located in the East Aral Sea area and along the middle Syrdarya River in the Kyzylorda Region, contains ...

Asia is not a singular story to be decoded, Xiaowen Zhu argues, but a plural condition to be encountered on its own terms.

Uzbekistan and China have elevated their partnership to “all-weather” strategic status, expanding cooperation in energy, ...

In an era of increasing global uncertainty, Xi's call for high-quality cooperation grounded in the China-Central Asia Spirit ...

Thanks to climate change—the gift that keeps on taking—China is advancing its so-called Polar Silk Road, an icy reimagining of the Belt and Road Initiative.

The Silk Road's history took a sudden turn after archaeologists discovered a series of hidden cities beneath Uzbekistan's impenetrable mountains.

In the aftermath of the Kargil War, Muzzamil Hussain's family unearthed a treasure of Silk Road artefacts in their ancestral property near Kargil's bazaar. In 1999, during the violent onset of the ...

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum dedicated to one of the fabled route's final traders.