IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HISTORY.docVIP

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HISTORY 　　the very mention of Silk Road evokes memories of the good old times for the western region of China. In times past， countless hardy and courageous merchants used their camels to carry silk， fine chinaware and tea and ventured warily along a series of ancient trade routes that stretched thousands of km from west China to the Mediterranean Sea， linking China with central Asia and even Europe. 　　Now， plans are afoot to bring back the glory days as China proposes a modern version of the world-famous trade route. 　　In a speech at Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University in