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Oct 22 2025 
All the World is a Stage across the Ancient Silk Road
A time travel across History – the Ancient Silk Roads as well as Xinjiang may well be the ultimate crossroads of civilizations. Along Central Asia, they are the (beating) heart of the Heartland…
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
ON THE SOUTHERN SILK ROAD – Silk is the stuff of legend. Literally. At first manufactured… Continue reading -
Oct 14 2025 
Art, Trade and State power at the Heart of the Silk Road
Part II of the celestial Travelogue through the western regions of China.
By Silk Road pilgrim Pepe Escobar on the Strategic Culture Foundation.
DUNHUANG – Across History, the Silk Road – actually a network of roads – is the supreme Highway Star: the most important connectivity corridor ever, rolling across Ancient Eurasia, linking what Chinese scholars consensually… Continue reading
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Oct 08 2025 
Xiyouji: My Journey to the West
A celestial Travelogue through the western regions of China.
By Silk Road pilgrim Pepe Escobar on Sputnik.
ON THE ROAD IN XINJIANG – Xuanzang, the itinerant Buddhist monk, has got to be one of the most extraordinary figures in History. He certainly is regarded as such in China.
In the early Tang dynasty in the 7th century, Xuanzang… Continue reading -
Sep 21 2025 
The Choice is Stark – Global Governance or Barbarism
“Peaches and plums don’t speak, but they are so attractive that a path is formed below the trees.”
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
There is something ineffably eternal about the “drum beating and bell chiming from sundown to daybreak” when it comes to the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower standing in the north end of ancient… Continue reading
