Writer finds lessons in prosperity from ancient Tea Road
By Zheng Yangpeng | China Daily | Updated: 2014-08-22 08:36
It is a much less known commercial route than the Silk Road.
Few people now can imagine China's tea being transported to Mongolia and Russia by thousands of camels through the 10,000-plus-km Eurasian road.
A half-millennium later, camels have been replaced by trains, ships and aircraft. So what's the significance of this long-perished route?
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