I just finished up my third round of travels doing research for a book on the New Silk Road.
New Silk Road
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Riding the New Silk Highway: New Road Connects Europe and Asia
A new expressway is being built that will connect the Yellow Sea coast of China with Western Europe. It’s called the Western Europe – Western China Road, but is better known as the New Silk Highway.
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A Journey to Khorgos ICBC, China and Kazakhstan’s Free Trade Zone
With the Khorgos ICBC become an epicenter of global commerce along the New Silk Road or remain a Chinese wholesale market flung out on the Eurasian steppes?
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Horgos: The First New City of the New Silk Road
Take a look at the first new city of what could be the greatest development initiative the world has ever known.
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Profiling and Harassment Crossing Borders in Xinjiang
Crossing borders in and out of Xinjiang proved to be unexpectedly problematic. Is this a sign of challenges to come as I continue traveling along the New Silk Road?
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What Happens at the Kazakhstan Border
A challenging set of border crossings in what is one of Asia’s up and coming land ports.
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New Silk Road Book Update: Second Bout of Travels
I just completed my second round of research travels for my upcoming book on the New Silk Road.
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So This Is the Horgos Free Trade Zone?
Inefficient border crossings, corrupt immigration officers, racial profiling and harassment, and nothing but cheap Chinese junk — so this is the future of commerce on the New Silk Road?
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