A thousand years ago during the Tang Dynasty, traders and travellers used the silk road to travel between Europe and China’s ancient capital Xi’an. But as sea routes took over, nascent Shanghai and Guangzhou grew wealthy while Urgench, Tashkent and Almaty fell into decline. But now another silk road city, Urumqi, could be poised for aviation success, on…
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