Unveiled in November 2014, Mongolia’s “Steppe Road” Program relies on its strategically important location on the Eurasian continent to reinvigorate its economy by improving transport and trade.

On the evening of July 11, the "Inner Mongolia Night & Award Ceremony of the Silk Road Online Curating Promotion" was held at ...

The Silk Road Online Curating Promotion's 'Inner Mongolia Night & Award Ceremony' showcased the 'Steppe Silk Road.' This ...

The road from Mongolia's Tavan Tolgoi coal mine to the border crossing at Gashuun Sukhait is 150 miles long. Backups can stretch for miles.

Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photo ahead of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, Oct. 16, 2023.

Mongolia is undergoing a dramatic transformation from a pastoral society to one whose economy is based on mining, especially copper and coal. With the change has come opportunity — and loss.

Mongolia is undergoing a dramatic transformation from a pastoral society to one whose economy is based on mining, especially copper and coal. With the change has come opportunity — and loss.

Mongolia is undergoing a dramatic transformation from a pastoral society to one whose economy is based on mining, especially copper and coal. With the change has come opportunity — and loss.

Mongolia is undergoing a dramatic transformation from a pastoral society to one whose economy is based on mining, especially copper and coal. With the change has come opportunity — and loss.

Mongolia is undergoing a dramatic transformation from a pastoral society to one whose economy is based on mining, especially copper and coal. With the change has come opportunity — and loss.