These ancient forests in China produce the world’s finest tea
High on Jingmai Mountain, Indigenous tea growers are holding fast to ancient techniques and creating a premium tea that has ...
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‘Guard eternal spring’: 500-year-old message on bowl piece reveals ancient trade links
Michael Chenin, an archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority, noticed a colorful object sticking out of the ground ...
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Made in China
like China today, mass-produced trade goods and exported them by sea. Working in shifts until the monsoon stopped them, a team of divers retrieved the ancient artifacts. The treasure—much of it ...
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Byzantine Coins Found in China and Japan Indicate Ancient Trade Link
A number of Byzantine coins discovered in China and Japan indicate that there was a trade link between the Byzantine Empire ...
Scientists discover 3,000-year-old silk at China’s mysterious Sanxingdui ruins
Archaeologists believe the silk – the first found at enigmatic Sichuan site – was used in rituals to ‘communicate between ...
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Western sanctions are so tight that Russia and China could soon use an ancient trading system. It's worked before.
Russia and China are planning to revive the age-old practice of barter trade to get around Western sanctions, Reuters reported on Thursday. The deals could involve agriculture and could come as ...
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The illicit trade with China fuelling Mozambique's insurgency
from Mozambique’s ancient forests to China is helping to fund a brutal Islamist insurgency as well as a large criminal network in the north of the southern African country. This illicit trade in ...