Video journey: The New Silk Road
The impact and implications of China’s role in the global economy.
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Two thousand years ago the camel caravans of the Silk Road traversed Central Asia, linking China in the east to Europe in the west.
Today a new Silk Road is emerging, with China once again a keystone of the new global economy.
In a series of reports Al Jazeera’s correspondents report from across China on the impact and implications of this New Silk Road.
Watch their reports below.
| Day four: Shanghai |
| Day three: Dalian |
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The port city of Dalian in China’s northeast is rapidly developing as a centre for the IT industry. Home to a burgeoning number of Chinese software companies, the city is a symbol of a changing China. Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan reports.
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| Day two: Xian |
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Before Beijing became China’s capital, Chang’an was the centre of political, cultural and religious life. Chang’an’s supremacy declined in the 10th century, but its modern-day incarnation, Xian, has been newly revitalised by a surge in domestic tourism. Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan reports.
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| Day one: Xinjiang |
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Tension between Xinjiang’s native Uighur Muslims and migrant Han Chinese is growing as Beijing seeks to exploit the region’s potentially lucrative gas and oil fields.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reports.
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