Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I travel the world reporting on emerging markets and China overseas. This article is more than 9 years old. The New Silk Road, the ...

The dark web may have a silver lining, according to a pair of academics: A new class of geekier, less violent drug dealers. A law professor and a professor of criminal science argue, in a paper ...

The history of the Silk Road, a vast network of ancient and medieval trade routes connecting Beijing and Hangzhou with Constantinople and Cairo, has mostly been focused on its endpoints: China and the ...

A man in ancient Chinese costume walks next to a camel while participating in the Silk Road Cultural Journey, in Jingyang, Shaanxi province September 19, 2014. Credit: REUTERES/Rooney Chen Three years ...

OBOR is a map with a mission. OBOR’s map of overland and maritime connections spanning Asia, Europe, and Africa encodes a new panoramic infrastructure of railways, shipping routes, financial ...

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Update at 4:00 p.m. ET: At least two more sites were also seized. Read the full accounting of what we know about the operation so far. A year after the Silk Road 2 came online promising to revive the ...