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Actually existing Silk Roads

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This article explores the relevance of the concept of Silk Road for understandings patterns of trade and exchange between China, Eurasia and the Middle East. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork in the city of Yiwu, in China’s Zhejiang Province. Yiwu is a node in the global distribution of Chinese ‘small commodities’ and home to merchants and traders from across Asia and beyond. The article explores the role played by traders from Afghanistan in connecting the city of Yiwu to markets and trading posts in the world beyond. It seeks to bring attention to the diverse types of networks involved in such forms of trade, as well as their emergence and development over the past thirty years.

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  • Published

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Journal

Journal of Eurasian Studies

ISSN

1879-3665

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

1

Volume

8

Page range

22-30

Department affiliated with

  • Anthropology Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex Asia Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-11-18

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-02-23

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-11-18

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