Liping Zheng is an acclaimed contemporary Chinese painter and economist who bridges traditional Chinese art with modern ...

In this programme we're in the oasis kingdom of Khotan in Central Asia, which is where our painting was ... how the secrets of silk production - for thousands of years a Chinese monopoly - had ...

Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Silk princess painting (made eighth century AD), from Chinese central Asia Once upon a time, in the high and far off days of long ago, there was a ...