silk road
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Upstart cargo airlines are forging what they call a modern silk road, connecting factory hubs in China to population centers across Europe, where Chinese immigrants get paid to store goods in spare rooms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
China has also announced a new "digital silk road" focused on telecommunication and digital infrastructure.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023
Meanwhile Herat, an ancient silk road city, had been under siege for weeks before security forces retreated to army barracks.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2021
Over the next one thousand years, the caves, situated along the main thoroughfare of the silk road, became a treasure trove for Buddhist artwork.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 1458
The "silk road" here distends geographically and semantically to encompass any and all lands east of Western Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
