(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The so-called String of Pearls strategy, a metaphor coined in Western policy circles in the early 2000s, is far more than a shipping map. It's Beijing's blueprint for a ...
Millions of pearls are being artificially cultivated in the deserts of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, as China pushes forward with an ambitious plan to turn the arid region into a hub for ...