Uzbek Farmers Say They're Being Forced To Surrender State Land To Chinese Firms
The governor told me: 'This is a presidential order. Either give up the land or go to jail,' said one farmer who spoke on condition of anonymity over fear of reprisal for commenting publicly on the issue.
Finding "Peace, If Not Paradise" Along the Silk Road, Aboard the Golden Eagle
Rather than a single pathway for a single commodity, the Silk Road was a sprawling, ever-changing web of informal trading routes across the vast Eurasian landmass.