{"id":136493,"date":"2025-09-15T04:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T04:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=136493"},"modified":"2025-09-15T04:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T04:00:33","slug":"central-asia-beckons-for-chinas-cultural-tourists-retracing-ancient-silk-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=136493","title":{"rendered":"Central Asia beckons for China\u2019s cultural tourists retracing ancient Silk Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWhen Beijing company executive Lillian Zhu saw the Tianjin Museum\u2019s exhibition of Kazakhstan artefacts earlier this year, she was captivated by the vibrant culture of Central Asia and was determined to find out more.<br \/>\n\u201cIt struck me how little I knew about the Silk Road countries beyond China. The fusion of nomadic and settled lifestyles is so intriguing,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nInspired by the display of nearly 200 artefacts from Kazakhstan\u2019s National Museum, Zhu booked a 15-day study tour this summer to the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3325479\/central-asia-draws-chinese-tourists-chinas-belt-and-road-plan-revitalises-region?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWhen Beijing company executive Lillian Zhu saw the Tianjin Museum\u2019s exhibition of Kazakhstan artefacts earlier this year, she was captivated by the vibrant culture&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136493"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}