Such an unsentimental attitude might suggest unimportance, but barges plying the Grand Canal have knit China together for 14 centuries, carrying grain, soldiers, and ideas between the economic ...

More than 700 years ago, Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo trekked to China, leaving a deep impression of the Grand ...

Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo trekked to China, leaving a deep impression of the Grand Canal — the country's major waterway artery — and providing the detailed portrayal in the ...