He later sought to parlay his relationship with the President into a profitable business linking American companies and China.
These states prospered from their position on the Silk Road linking China and Europe.
Their cities were ports of call on important trade routes linking India, China and the Indonesian islands.
It is the fist express train linking China and Europe with a transit time of 12 to 14 days.
Along with the pipeline, Kazakhstan agreed this month to build a $3.5 billion, 1,900-mile rail project linking China to Western Europe.
Ayla was an important port in the trade network linking China, the Middle East and Europe.
He saw with his mind's eye that a cord linking modern China with her past had now been severed.
The Ledo Road was completed, linking India and China, but too late in the war to have any significant effect.
The pass linked China to Barskon, a settlement on the southern shore of lake Issyk-kul.
Several international trains link China and Vietnam.