The Silk Road was used by merchants and traders to take goods across the Asian continent. Now China is investing billions into revitalising this route for trade. Here are some images by photographer  by Li Zhengde in Gansu province, China.
All photographs from Dunhuang: A City on the Silk Road, a Meet Asia guide from Make-Do Publishing. Pictures by Li Zhengde from Dunhuang Academy.
Dunhuang, on the old Silk Road, was one of the ancient world's most important intersections between East and West.