China’s Journey: From Terracotta Warriors to AI Innovation

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Description: Summary and key takeaways on China’s Journey: From Terracotta Warriors to AI Innovation, covering The Terracotta Army & Ancient Roots The First Emperor’s tomb

Claudio Pagliara

Jan 21, 2019

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The First Emperor’s tomb was uncovered in 1974 near Xi’an, revealing an army of 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots, and 17 cavalry units. The statues originally wore bright pigments of green and purple, but the colors fade when exposed to dry air. Only about 1,000 figures remain complete, leaving archaeologists with a massive puzzle of fragmented pieces. Recent research highlights Hellenistic artistic traits—realistic facial features and drapery—that suggest early East‑West contact during the Qin Dynasty.

The Silk Road: Past and Present

The phrase “Silk Road” entered the lexicon in 1887 thanks to geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen. Its true origin traces back to General Zhang Qian’s 13‑year mission that began in 138 B.C., which opened a trade corridor from the cosmopolitan capital of Chang’an (modern Xi’an). Merchants, monks, and envoys from Turkic, Indian, Persian, and Mongol lands converged there, turning the route into a conduit for culture, religion, and technology. Today the historic overland pathways have expanded into maritime lanes, and China’s Belt and Road initiative—valued at roughly 3 trillion euros—repurposes the ancient network to fund roads, railways, and ports that bind Asia to Europe.

Urban Transformation & Smart Cities

Chongqing, home to 33 million residents, exemplifies rapid urbanization. The city’s “Data Valley” integrates big‑data analytics into municipal services, from traffic management to public safety. Further south, Shenzhen has earned the nickname “Silicon Valley of Hardware.” Its Huaqiangbei market supplies about 70 % of the world’s electronic components, while the city’s public‑transport fleet includes 16 000 electric buses and 19 000 electric taxis, largely supplied by BYD. These developments illustrate China’s aggressive push under the “Made in China 2025” plan, which targets AI, big data, and green energy among ten strategic sectors.

Cultural Crossroads: Xinjiang and Kashgar

Kashgar sits at the crossroads of the historic Silk Road, where Uyghur cultural heritage coexists with modern development pressures. The jade trade in Hotan remains a vibrant link to ancient craftsmanship, even as infrastructure projects reshape the landscape. This tension between tradition and modernization mirrors the broader narrative of China’s rapid technological leapfrogging.

Shanghai: The Global Innovation Hub

The Bund, with its colonial-era skyline, stands beside futuristic skyscrapers, symbolizing Shanghai’s blend of history and modernity. The city allocates 4.1 % of its GDP to research, supporting institutions such as ShanghaiTech University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. These centers lead breakthroughs in AI, quantum computing, and satellite‑based quantum transmission—the only nation to launch a dedicated quantum‑communication satellite. International collaboration thrives, evidenced by 763 research agreements between Italian and Chinese universities, reinforcing Shanghai’s role as a nexus of global scientific exchange.

Takeaways

The Terracotta Army, with 8,000 soldiers and vivid original colors, illustrates early East‑West artistic exchange and the massive archaeological challenge of reassembling its fragments.
General Zhang Qian’s 138 B.C. mission birthed the Silk Road, a network that evolved from overland routes out of Xi’an to modern maritime corridors under the Belt and Road initiative worth about 3 trillion euros.
Shenzhen’s Huaqiangbei market now supplies roughly 70 % of global electronic components, while BYD’s fleet of 16,000 electric buses and 19,000 electric taxis showcases China’s rapid electrification of public transport.
Shanghai invests 4.1 % of its GDP in research, hosting institutions that lead quantum‑communication satellites and AI breakthroughs, and maintains 763 collaborative agreements with Italian universities.
Xinjiang’s Kashgar region balances Uyghur cultural heritage, such as the jade trade of Hotan, with modernization pressures, reflecting the broader tension between tradition and China’s drive for technological leapfrogging.

Frequently Asked Questions

What evidence suggests Hellenistic influence on the Terracotta Army?

Recent studies point to stylistic similarities such as realistic facial features and drapery that align with Hellenistic art, indicating early contact between East and West during the Qin period.

How does the Belt and Road initiative connect ancient Silk Road routes to modern infrastructure?

The initiative invests roughly 3 trillion euros to build roads, railways, and ports that trace historic trade corridors, turning the ancient Silk Road’s cultural exchange into a contemporary network for goods, data, and knowledge between China and Europe.

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The black on which is attached the paint is stuck in two minutes. The tomb of the first emperor was discovered in 1974 by the people who were intent to excavate a forest. The first explorers were forced to escape the degradation of the painting. Today there are techniques to get rid of this problem. The statues, reported to light in the next day, keep the colors of the origin. The researchers must also solve the puzzle most complicated in the world, to compose statues, finding among pieces of pieces that the missing pieces. The horses are covered with the argat. The war is dressed in a bar like a wounded. The pieces are allineated on the table, from the largest to the smallest. These are the buttons of the division. In average, every year, there are hundreds of statues. Of 8000 statues, until now, only 1000 are complete. This is a general of range, a vice-commandant. so that the statue is so well made. There is also the left hand and this other part. Some pieces like this are small. This is a button and then there are many fragments like this, of connection. Oh, this one. Yes, it's a little. Second recent studies, the military of Terracotta is a result of the influence ellenistic a confirmation of a recent recent encounter between the East and the West. In the past, the Cina was in contact with Rome, Greece, Persia, and Babilonia. The archaeologists have shown it, but the exchange were of small entities. The real birth of the Via della Seta is made by the mission in the West completed in 138 a.C. by General Zhang Qian. The dangerous journey of General Zhang Qian was 13 years old. For two times he was captured by the tribes of the North. the result of what he saw convinced the Khan, the dynasty, of the power of the economic potential of the commercial rot towards the occident. For centuries, the merchants crossed the road of the seta, which crossed the most hospitable territory of the planet, spinted by the profit and the exoticism, Fino a when, in the XV sec. the Via della Seta Marittima soppiant that terrestre. We can describe the Via della Seta as a bridge between the Orient and the Occident a bridge between the Orient and the Occident, the bridge of communication of the first importance, the people, but also art, culture and religion. The point of the start of the Via of the Set was Chanhan, the ancient capital of China, the current Xi'an. In the VIII sec, the apogé of the world was the city of the world's largest, the city of millions of inhabitants, defined by official documents. to protect her in the mura long 30 km those who are the next time a lot of population was made of stranieri mercant turk, monaci buddhist from India sacerdoti persiani, cavalier mongoli and camelieri sogdiani, principi chibetani in the bazaar, they were hired by mercs in any language The impront left from its past cosmopolitan is visible in the Xi'an of today. The next door of the Campana, which is the most important nighttime market of the city, Here you can taste a variety of impressive food from those traditional cuisine local like the pao mo, carne of a zuha to those of the halal prepared according to the rules of the Islamic minority of the minority The spread of the buddhism in the ancient capital cinese testimonial from the big pagode of the loca silvatica built in the VII sec. It is still a place of the venerated and the calamity of tourism. The pagode has the characteristic of being inclined to two degrees, too much for it to be a second tour. Xi'an vanta anche una delle più belle moschee della Cina, la Grande Moschea. Fu costruita nell'VIII secolo. Il minareto fatto a pagoda e le porte della Luna sono splendidi esempi di sincretismo tra arte cinese e arte islamica. A dare the name of the Via della Seta to the connection between the Orient and the Occident were not the merchants of the antiquity. The expression was coined by the philosopher Ferdinand von Richthofen in 1887, which, among many men, did not have a chance to have the set. in the ancient Rome the fabric had a prestige that its territory was called the terra of the seta in the empire the consumption crevier at the point of creating a preoccupation in the commercial bilancio in tentative of limit the use the The Senate of Rome arrived to allow the men to dress it with a sign of a female. The procedure was ignored, a lesson to keep in mind today in the time of commercial guerrero. The road of the city is still a bit more than the city. The road of the city is still a bit more than the city. A dispetto della sua età, la Via della Seta mostra ancora oggi la sua vitalità. A qualche anno, i treni merci collegano città cinese ed europee. Questo è lo scavo di Chongqing. The convoy takes 10 days to travel the 10.000 km that separates this city, which is located in the southernmost of China, from the heart of Europe. The number of trains in China and Europe increases exponentially. We have gone from the beginning to the centinaia of the last year, and the trend continues. the ferroviary connection is one of the the new road of the seta in Chinese Itai Yilu the ambitious geopolitical design made by the Chinese president Xi Jinping it is a huge investment of over 3 trillion of euros along several directions to strengthen the infrastructure and favor the exchange between the orient and occident Chongqing is the city most popular in the world, 33 million people. It is located in the confluence of the blue and yellow. This megalopoli, still in tumultuous development, is an ideal park for observing the cinema that came. There are still many great poverty. The Bambam, the factory whose only work is a bamboo can be found, start charging for rapiding roads walk incredible Body to brown This has a meme store-cliff Pressuj Of equal mourning wear- ROM in the coming L bought a new image modern in the truck Through the mall An oasis of palloncino and a pastel is an irresistible set for selfie. Authentic sport national. I millennials affollano le firmes del lusso. Usano lo smartphone per regolare con un click i pagamenti. Sono i giovani in Cina ad avere la maggiore capacità di spesa. Lavorano nell'industria high-tech, quella che offre i migliori stipendi e le prospettive di carriera più allettanti. and also the sector that under the government's control is developing more. The crew that are on the horizon are giving form to the new technology center of Chongqing, the Shintao Data Valley. Just a look at the buildings to measure the distance with the industrial past of the Cina. The Xiantao Data Valley is going to favor the development of the industrial industry and the technological sector, big data, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things. According to our plans, in two years, the park will be hosting from 2.000 to 2.500 high companies and create 30 new jobs One part the client work was to create an area that was economically advanced that gives the opportunity to live in a park, in a sort of campus, on the American reality of high-tech, where man, nature and technology can share the moments of life together in one-one. China is intended to change the world. The world's factory is an innovation. With the plan Made in China 2025, the government has identified 10 strategic sectors on which to address investments, and the first fruits are just dead. The Guizhou, until a few years ago, was one of the most arrettened regions, now has the highest tax rate of development. Under the impulse of the government, he became the main Polish business of the big data industry, the Oro Nero of the XXI century. In Guizhou we have the climate and geological conditions favorable to develop an industry of big data, a average temperature of 23 degrees and a risk of wind. The central government has supported the project. The development has been achieved and the talent. The development has been rapid. In China is in a new revolution, a digital revolution. This vehicle, equipped with mechanical arm, which prepares a good coffee in two minutes, is able to move without a pilot. I think the vehicle will not only impact our transportation system. The vehicle without pilot will change not only the transport system, but the same structure of the city, our lifestyle. It's not just installing sensors on a car without pilot to make it safe. The system in which it works should become intelligent and connected. This is our direction of the vehicle. We hope to move towards this direction, towards this direction. Italy is a country of G7 and it would not be a country of G7 only wearing clothes and clothes, but also because it has an industrial industry of very high order to the European level. I arrived at Romai a Chongqing more than three years ago. Living here we see how fast the development of this city is, how many changes are from the architectural point of view and also from the quality of life. You see that economic growth rapid, one of the most rapid cities that grow rapidly in Cina. The PIL is also found in life of every day here. In the University of Chongqing, there is a piece of Italy that few know, but of which are proud of it, the Galileo Galilei Italian Institute. It's a part of the collaboration between the Superior Superior of Santa Anna of Pisa and the Ateneo Chinese. The two institutions have decided to give a whole laboratory on the augmented reality. It's a recognition of the Italian eccellency in the field of technology. The augmented reality has numerous applications. It will allow for example to the administrator of a chaotic megalopoli like Chongqing to see the effects of their decisions before they act. It is the technology of the XXI sec. The most precious thing that flows along the new network of connection between Cine and Europe, idealmente nel zolco di quelle antiche At the time, the caravane that started from the capital of the empire, Chang'an, were headed towards the corridor of Heshi, now in the region of Gansu, a obligatory passage between orient and occident. A protection of this strategic via of communication, the emperor Ming wanted an impone structure defensive. Construito nel 1372, il forte di Jiayi Guan fu chiamato l'inespugnabile Gola sotto il cielo. Era l'ultimo avamposto cinese d'Occidente oltre il quale c'erano solo i demoni del deserto e gli eserciti barbari dell'Asia centrale. Narra la leggenda che prima di iniziare i lavori di costruzione del forte fu chiesto all'architetto il numero esatto di mattoni necessari. The answer was surprisingly precise, 99.999. For prudence, one was made in more. It was not served. It was placed on this cornicion to demonstrate the perfection of the project. Scruting the horizon, we can't think about the risks that the market faced in the journey. to reach Rome and return back to four years the desert piste, the desert, the rain and the winter were disseminated by the scheletri of who did not have done the company would have been impossible without the battles of the Batriana capable of resisting weeks without water and of warning in anticipation the arrival of the sabbath The caravane had to go 400 km before reaching the only green path in this sterminated distrust sabbios, the oasis of Du Juan. We are in one of the cross-vias most significant of the planet. Here for centuries are transitati popoli delle più disparate etnie culture religion un vero melting pot un crogiolo dei tempi antichi in epoca han il limite occidentale dell'impero era il passo della giada una struttura pianta quadrata serviva da ufficio delle dogane ancora sono visibili i segmenti più antichi della grande muraglia risalgono a 2200 anni fa A Duquan, the desert desert has become an attraction tourist, a a serious army of visitors, the solca and the cammets. The more trevids, they fall in place, in place to the port of all, thanks to this scale. Despite the mass tourism, the oasis has preserved its fascination. In the center there is a glass of water in the middle of a blue The Chinese call this river Min Shan Shan The mountain that makes echo to the sound of the sabbath The sabbath produces a sound when it's hit by the wind According to some people can't While others it's like if it produces an echo Of which the name is And here is one of the products of the Chinese miracle. Two old people photograph them as they were teenagers. He has 85 years old, she has less than one. In my country there is a saying that the sun never lasts more than three days and the people never have more than three money. Now it's completely different. We have a train at high speed, roads in all directions. Who lived in Catapecchia has been moved to a decent house. And we, who are in pension, we enjoy life thanks to our children. We are happy to be here, to see the desert for the first time. The camel. A 25 km from Dunhuang, there are the grotts of Mogao, 1000 people of Buddhist, 500 of them fresh, excavated in the rocks for 1000 years. Dunhuang was the main entrance between China and the West. The goods that China exported had to pass from here and the ambassadors sent from the West had to pass from here. It was a hard-working and the trade-off was favored by the cultural trade. The Buddhism arrived in China from India in this way. In that time, from India, it was spread to the Middle East. In 366, a monarch named Yuezong arrived in Mogao. Appena sbucò dalle lune, vide una luce irradiarsi dalla cima della collina. Dai raggi fuori uscirono mille bucce. He convinced that this was the right place to reach the illumination and built the first temple. Then, a second monarch came and built the second temple. So is started the story of the Mogao. For a thousand years, the monarchs built grots without a place, a period during which in Cina, there were 16 kings. The surface of the cold surface is of 45.000 square meters. The desert climate has allowed this extraordinary testimonial of the Buddhist art to reach to us, but the damage caused by time and human are vast. These cold surface have different problems. The most serious is caused by the humidity. I colori si impastano, come vede qui. All'inizio del XX secolo, a Mogao, furono scoperti in una piccola grotta 50.000 manoscritti, sutra buddhisti, scritti confuciani e taoisti, sagge poesie. Il pezzo più importante è il Sutra del Diamante, risale all'868, è il più antico testo a stampa oggi esistente. The Chinese had invented the stamp six centuries before that in Europe was stamped the Bible of Gutenberg. Today China aims to conquer the primate that had in the past, a goal that Shenzhen seems to be a port of hand. Here are the general headquarters of the high tech. This is the campus of Huawei. 20.000 engineers to project the future, called 5G. They will not only communicate the people, but also the machines. Internet of Things. The revolution. The next venture. Huawei has invested more than the competitors. and Trump is now trying to stop the Chinese advance. He says that the red made in China would be safe, which has convinced some of the allies in Asia and Europe. The Chinese Chinese recently accused two judicial coups, the arrest of Warsaw, from the Polish director with accusation of the spionage and the arrest of Vancouver of the number two and daughter of the founder of the group Meng Wanzhou with the accusation of violating the US sanctions. Shenzhen is also in the most great electronics market in the world, Hua-Chanbei. numbers of the capogiro, 60.000 banks, 300.000 pieces of sold a day, the dream of all-in-nerd. I've also been in Silicon Valley, and in Silicon Valley today. I've worked in Silicon Valley. For the software I'm very brave, but this is the Silicon Valley of the hardware. Here comes the 70% of all the electronic materials used in the world. Cavi, plastic, components, there is nothing else. It was the first time I had the oil I didn believe in my eyes It very impressive The first time you arrive here you don believe Huaqiangbei in reality is much more than a market It's the vetrina of one of the most advanced and flexible systems in the world. We have a lot of manufacturing. Behind every bank there is a factory in the parking lot. Huaqiangbei is the world's hardware, the best place to develop innovative ideas. For the last part of the main building, there is a large part of the start-up. It is part of the most vast effort of the authorities to make of Shenzhen the Silicon Valley of China. We offer this office area for them. We offer space and apartments to sustainable costs. In addition, we have a lot of experts from the largest high-tech groups. Finally, we have access to the capital, a crucial factor. The incubator has only three years of life, but already has several stories of success. the selfie is a support for smartphone that knows and follows the eyes this is a screen made with new material its main characteristic is to be multi-touching how is the day tomorrow? tomorrow tomorrow, the weather is about 25 to 29 In the past Shenzhen was the kingdom of false, imitation of the fruits of the occident and today it is a fusion of creative products, like these intelligent robots that promet to enter our home. These robots have functions of entertainment and service. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and big data, the robot will enter more in our home and in our lives. We expect a rapid development of the market. The company founded in 2012 has known a phenomenal development. The powerful points of strength, the captivating design, the flexibility of articulations and the capacity of interaction of these robots. In a word, innovation, the new world made in China. 40 years ago, Deng Xiaoping chose to Shenzhen to experiment his courageous reform. He is here in the area where for the first time capitalists foreign countries could invest in the communist China. From then, Shenzhen is the laboratory of China, the city that precedes the rest of the country, the observatory for understanding where the giant giant asiatic. We are in one of the central areas of Shenzhen, in one of the most ancient cities, because they are the factories of the ancient Shenzhen. Today it has been transformed, they are converted into cultural activities, one of the poles of the cultural dynamics of the city. The examples of industrial conversion are multiplied by the way we are in Canton, a hundred kilometers from Shenzhen. This museum of the piano fort is been allestated in the one that was the most big of the world's factory factory. Now the structure is designed to be converted into the creative industry The project is offered to the Politecnico of Torino. Torino has been a place that has given a sign in Europe and now in China. What we have understood is that culture and creativity can be motors of economic development when China is not only the product made in China, but the product created in China. Culture and creativity are fundamental to this new economic model. Italian architects are privileged to change the development of the development in the country. Freddie is a Shen Shen da almost 10 years old. In the beginning, his specialization, architecture paesaggistica, was seen with a lot of fast, now is very appreciated. When I arrived here, with a cultural project and concentrated in promoting and integrating the green and sustainability in the buildings and in public spaces, I always tried to insert these things in my projects. In the beginning, the Chinese client saw this as a more than to understand the advantages on long term. Now, at the end, there is a value added to the government and there are some incentives to do it, so the investors are much more are much more propens to accept these policies and these strategies in front of the fact that it is required by the other. A Shekou, the area of the most ancient industrialization of Shenzhen, can measure the distance between the past and the present. Where were the ciminiere, today, is this elegant cultural center. It's a part of the collaboration between the Victoria and Albert Museum of London and the merchant bank. The ambition is to stimulate and spread in society the culture of design as a new engine of development. This new cultural facility is also the transformation of this town in Shenzhen from industrial area to post-industrial area. It is a place of meeting, it wants to stimulate the creativity and innovation. There are expositions of design, spaces of work, restaurants and boutiques. including restaurants and shops. The building is designed by Japanese architect Fumi Hikomaki with several displays. The main gallery shows the evolution in the time of design of objects having the same function. The three affaires create ideally a connection between the three walls of Shenzhen, the sea, the mountains and the skyline. Well China is famous in the world for its production of mass, but when the economy becomes mature, we need to change steps, we can't only produce, we need to invent, to innovate. At this point, the design becomes crucial. The designers have the sensitivity to understand what is new in the air, what will be the question in the future. Shenzhen is running faster than the rest of China and in some fields over the occident. The electric vehicle is one of these. The 16.000 buses of the megalopoli are silent. The diesel engine is now a record. The driving process, in the 10 years ago, was brought to the end last June. As a driver, I guarantee that the driving of an electric car is much more pleasant. There are less vibrations, the noise is very clear. Since the 1st of January of this year, the taxi 19000 are all electric. I taxi electric of last generation have an autonomy of 350 km. I normally don't need to recharge the battery during my job. I do when I stop, at 16.30. One hour and a half of charge is enough to the colleague of the next. next day. Behind the electrification of public transport is the BYD, a large number of 220.000 employees, who have been looking for green solutions for mobility, its best-wing. The model that we are going to be in the world is to electrify first the public transport then private. First of all, autobuses and taxi have a huge impact on the inquinement. Second, it is more easy to build a network of public points that for private. Autobuses and taxi follow the paths, to the end of the turn, they enter into the deposit where they can be carried out at night. Therefore, the electrification of public means is the first step, what is then necessary to electrification of private equipment. Shenzhen is not only in the power of the transportation, but also an example of the most advanced world of smart cities. In this room of command and control, there are also the displacement of the 20 million inhabitants of the megalopoli. The system is able to predict a crisis situation with 15 minutes of anticipation, a margin sufficient to intervene. The smart city is an inevitable trend. The citizens bring great benefits, for example, by improving the conditions of traffic. The municipality of Shenzhen is working on the construction of a smart city and as a department of transport we give our contribution. The data we collect are also available in other departments. It's a work of squadra. to build our city. Like the new road of the Seta, the ancient city has also seen born from a lot of fiorous city. These are the ruins of Gao Chang. Weardaar We Gaochang was Chinese under the dynasty Han and Tang, then capital of the Uyghur, which was in the 14th century. All Apogeo, it was 30.000 inhabitants, a city cosmopolitan and tolerant. There were the most disparate religions, Buddhism, Nestorianism, Zoroastrism, Maniches. The caravaniers found the water in the world. a ingenious system idrico connected to the sea the monts that the sovrastate the sun the celestial mountain 40 km we are in Xinjiang the region more occidental of the Cina The restaurants offer performances of folkloristic This is the land of the Uyghur minority of Muslim religion and culture of Turkish origin one of the symbols of turpan is the mosque of emin with his monument minareto the highest of the cina was built in 1777 during the dinast of Qing to honor a and the captain of Uyghur, who collaborated with the emperor Chan Long to unite the Xinjiang and connect to the Cina. The relationship between Uyghur and Chinese is always been complex, but recently they have been very tense. The Uyghur has been committed to terrorist attacks and the government has reacted with a gun. We arrive at Turpan in the full Ramadan. Not many churches are closed. The people still live in poverty. Turpan is still a 150 meters below the sea. The temperatures are in the state of 45 degrees. This is so pronounced the Fornace of the World. In the last few years, however, the income is in increase We are also here, thanks to the governative investments and renewable energy that use the only resource that abond, the wind and the sun. The Lutu a Manico Lung is one of the musical instruments of the Uigura tradition. We are in Aurumci, the capital of the autonomous region of Xinjiang. Chickaloo you see me Oh I talking to you Chickaloo you see me Urunci si trova lungo la Via della Seta ma il suo sviluppo recente Il Gran Bazar, costruito nel 2003 in stile islamico, è una pallida imitazione di quelli autentici. Di eccezionale rilevanza, i reperti custoditi nel Museo Provinciale. The strong piece is the Bella of Lo Hulam, a mummian from the Somatic Caucasus that came from 3800 years ago and became, as a result, an heroine of the Uyghur movement, seen as the fumes in the eyes of Pequim. The sound of the trumpet and popular dance every day sign the opening of the Bazar di Kashkari. We are in the north-western corner of China, from here Pechino is 4.000 km, so much as Rome. This was for two millennia the epicenter of commerce along the Via della Seta. A proverb cinese says that a old teier is not privated from its crostations, otherwise it doesn't make a good tea. The popular wisdom, unfortunately, is not applied to Kashgar. The old bazaar was entirely renovated in the name of modernity. The stratifications that the time had accumulated were canceled. A dispetto dei cambiamenti, però, lo spirito di Kashkar è ancora vivo. Gli uomini indossano il copricapo tradizionale, versione locale del fezzo turco. Le donne sono avvolte in abiti dai colori accesi. Gli artigiani martellano e cesellano. The commerciants are intent to sell the tappets, capi of seta, and smalty. The smell of the naan, cooked in a traditional way, fills the mouth. Marco Polo arrived here sick and sick, but remained colpito by the dinamity of the place. The merchants of this city, as a scrissed, travel in every part of the world. Today the Austin Boy Tea House is brought back in time. In the local town, there are musicians of uiguris of exceptional bravure. Uomini sit on the side and sit in silence, tea green aromatized with noce moscata and petals of rose. Like a dream, the atmosphere of the Via of the Setas is in front of our eyes. Kashgar is a great city of the carovane. surprising承ets局 customerries with Efendi organizations They embraced boats before taking the road to the river in the direction of the imperdi pass that give access to the central Asia. The local cuisine, the best of the region, is the mixture between the traditional culinary Chinese and Ullgura. The sirene explained by the block, however, are the tangible sign of tension between the two communities. the river the river is deposited in the Seca a caccia di Giada from 3.000 years this is the main activity of Hotan the city is located between the river the river the river the river the river the water the river the river the river the river rich in the precious minerals. Every Sunday, the commerciants are on the metal metal the stone-themed stone. They are immersed in water which is not as good as the quality. Only a small part of these stones come from the river. Today, the mechanical stone excavation the earth on the industrial scale. The buyers come from here here in every part of the Cina this is the market of the jada the most ancient world the shop follows a rito millenario the sassi are scrutinized by experts the trade on price is serrated and the trade is concluded with a straight hand this sasso is been sold to 200.000 yuan about 30.000 euro the payment in contanti qui nulla è cambiato rispetto al passato niente carte di credito né tantomeno trasferimenti tramite le app del telefonino che nel resto della cina hanno mandato in pensione il portafoglio i negozi espongono i meravigliosi gioielli finiti la giada in cina è ammirata e venerata come nessun'altra civiltà è il simbolo dell'immortalità Khotan is located along the region of the Via of the Set, 500 km from Kashgar where the two rami are combined. It has preserved an authentic culture culture difficult to find in other cities of Xinjiang. The night market is an experience culinary is not forgetful. Here they can taste noodles of kilometers, spieds of kebab cooked to the brash and with Caesar's97, hello mats, unique convenience, the produto is open and the reveal of theose barbecue is출 The place that is the recent history of China is the Bund of Shanghai. One is the splendid art deco building at the beginning of the century by the European powers. The other is the avveneristic grattacieli that are the new skyline always the same of the megalopoli. humiliation and ambitions of the past and the present are in the waters of the river of Huangpu Shanghai is a global city a global economic, financial, commercial and cultural level and in full title the most important snowing of the new vies of the seta What's on your mind? What's on your mind? The lavagna invites the employees of E2 to express themselves freely. They enter the startup in the company by recognizing facial recognition. The telecamera controls every recess of the office. A muralist shows the radiance future that awaits us. This company is the world leader of that smart field of artificial intelligence which consists of using and superpowers the ability of the ear and the human eye. The artificial intelligence will allow us to make things impossible. We can put cameras in every shop to understand what the client really does. And these data will be able to digitalize the commercial sector. In medical field, for example, radiographies, artificial intelligence can assist the radiologists to increase their efficiency. Itoo is absurd for the first time the crown of the chronicle in 2015 when, thanks to its technology, the police of Suzhou killed a ladle in 10 minutes. From then, the facial recognition system was adopted by dozens of municipalities. It promises to recognize a vote in a second, looking in a database of a billion dollars. And not me has given credit. She is judged the first place in the most qualified competition international sector. Other Chinese startup companies have been paced. In this field, Cina is giving the Silicon Valley to the Cina. A new game for children is a new game for children. In this laboratory, there is a technology that is a quantistic technology. Shanghai is looking to become a center of innovation in the world. It is investing in research the 4,1% of the PIL, more than the national media. A high-quality rate is increasing research that explore the territory still ignited, like this. We are in the laboratory of quantum computing, allest by the Academy of Sciences, with a financial contribution of Alibaba, the colossal of e-commerce. Here are experiments of quantum computing and quantum computing. It's a field of research of capital importance. The quantum computing promises to ensure the exchange of data with absolute certainty that no hacker could accept them. It's still in a seasonal phase, but among its future users, they can already have the government, the military, the financial institutions. In this field, China compete with the United States. With a advantage, it's the only country to have put in orbit a satellite dedicated to quantum transmission. Another sign of the ambition of Shanghai is this new Ateneo, the Shanghai Tech University. This university is open to the work of researchers and teachers from all the world. We have also invited to work in our laborator science international science. We want to become an university of excellence. a double festival. Disponibilità di fondi, apertura alla collaborazione internazionale, un'opportunità che Francesco Zonta e Camilla Luni non si sono fatti sfuggire. Da tre anni conducono in questo laboratorio di immunologia una ricerca d'avanguardia sugli anticorpi. La Cina è un paese molto entusiasta in questa fase, sta investendo tantissimo in ricerca e quindi per noi scienziati probabilmente è uno dei posti migliori dove stare in questo momento storico. There are huge possibilities from a technological point of view, like tools, like resources, like resources, and there are many spaces for other Italian researchers to provide their experience in using these technologies. We have 763 international agreements between the Italian universities and the Cinesis. about 50% of these agreements are on Shanghai and with the University of Shanghai. This is the joint laboratory between the Politecnico of Turin and the University of Xiaotong of Shanghai. The researchers of the two countries, despite the distance and the distance of the hours, have put in common the scientific resources for simulation in a field of renewable energy from which depends on the future of our planet. The idea is to produce renewable sources in places defined in the globe, such as the eolical around the North and the photovoltaic in Africa, and then connect the electric networks of Europe, China and the United States in a unique great electric network, a kind of internet energy, which allows us to enjoy the energy from renewable sources. We are fascinated by the idea that the new Via della Seta is a via of knowledge, because it was so in the past. So this is again the opportunity for a great via of knowledge. Obviously the European poles, not only Italy, and China, and the whole network network system is a great network of knowledge. The scena of China that the night of Shanghai shows very potent can make sure that they are losing their primates but the last 2000 years of history show that the flow of merchandise and ideas between the Asia and Europe is inarrestable and to get advantage of both peoples Thank you.

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