Lake saida is situated in chinas far west on the border with central asia for centuries this Mountain Lake was a strategic transit point along the legendary silk road that ran between europe and the chinese empire. For the nomads living around the lake the opening of the new silk road is in some ways history repeating itself. The trucks have replaced the caravans of the past on the newly built highway. The ambitious project was launched by chinese president xi jinping during a visit to kazakhstan in two thousand and thirteen. Greenish only arc of what things you didnt see. Me shelf was all going to dash a new five hundred year going back one book almost a unique function the for them. Own home. Saw the total back josh. Fall for you and. Go boy did i mean that. The new silk road planned by xi jinping runs for ten thousand kilometers on road and on rail it crosses western china kazakhstan russia and will run all the way to europe its a huge construction site. But what are chinas true int