Those following the news on global television networks here -most likely- may have come across reports of a well-attended summit of global leaders meeting in Beijing a fortnight ago. I, for one, was particularly intrigued both by the theme of the summit and the fact that I was coming across the existence of such a gathering for the first time named 'Silk Road'.
For this reason I made an effort to read more about this meeting, which I thought should be of interest to people in developing countries like mine. Googling on the Internet, I settled for the speech of the host of the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping who formally opened the summit attended by representatives from over 100 countries. In that speech, I learned the meaning of a "Silk Road" from an historic perspective accounted by the Chinese leader.
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