Tabla de Contenidos: “…The German Expeditions to East Asia and Ferdinand von Richthofen’s encounters with China, 1850 – 1880 -- At the Edge of Empire: The Japanese Army in Rehe (Jehol) in the early 1930s -- Section 4: Transnational Perspectives in a Digital Age – Reflections on Global Mobilities in Asia -- A Very, Not So Modern Journey: Representing Europe – Asia encounters through a contemporary Chinese lens -- Mobility and Identity: Northern Drifters and Digital Nomads…”

“…The notion of the "Silk Road" that the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen invented in the 19th century has lost attraction to scholars in light of large amounts of new evidence and new approaches. …”