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Global Silk Route Research Alliance

全球丝绸之路研究联盟

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Flagship analysis 旗舰分析

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Mogao Grottoes embrace AI to preserve, share millennia-old heritage

Mogao Grottoes embrace AI to preserve, share millennia-old heritage

Tourists visit the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, June 21, 2026. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/Xinhua) With a single tap on a smartphone screen, celestial maidens holding lotuses, painted 1,400 years ago, spring to life and glide…

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan

泽米尔·艾哈迈德·阿万

Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan founded the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and later went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016. He set up the China Study Centre at NUST after coming home, and has since retired from NUST. He writes about CPEC, the Belt and Road, and what China's rise means for Pakistan.

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A dedicated, independent think tank providing rigorous analysis and strategic insight on the political, economic and security landscapes across the regions connected by the historical and modern Silk Route - fostering informed decision-making among policymakers, business leaders and academics worldwide.

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