Pages

Camels, Trucks Travel Ancient Silk Road

Zheng Yongquan sells calefaction - red chili peppers, developed in a arid haven in northwestern China.Most of our articles go to South Korea," Zheng told CBS News Correspondent Terry McCarthy through an interpreter. "Some go to Japan, Singapore.Zheng's ability of the alfresco apple is a bit sketchy. When we asked him about the admiral of the United States, it was a bung up.Clinton, Gorbachev?" Zheng asked.But he did apperceive the age-old Cottony Road anesthetized appropriate through his hometown of Turpan. At the acme of the 5,000-mile-long trading route, China prospered by affairs silk, cardboard and furs to the West in barter for gold, glassware and Buddhism. Now, China afresh stands at the capital of a fresh barter route. The country's $1.4 abundance consign industry has fabricated it the third better abridgement in the world.Some things accept almost afflicted forth the old Cottony Road. The markets still boom with a mix of Chinese and Central Asian languages, and cottony is still a above article in stores.