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25 June 2025   Dear 50 International,   During the deep, silent winters of ‘the little ice age’ of the early 1800’s the midnight bell of...

Dear 50 International, In 138 BC, the envoy Zhang Qian departed the Han court to unknowingly create the Silk Road. A commercial artery...