| SILKROAD | Ancient trade route between China and the Med (4,4) |
| YELLOWSEA | Body of water between China and the Korean peninsula (6,3) |
| TIANSHAN | This mountain system's name means "Celestial Mountains." It stretches for about 1,500 miles (2,500 km) from west-southwest to east-northeast between China and Kyrgyzstan and bisects the ancient territ |
| OPIUMWAR | One of the two conflicts between China and Britain in the 19th Century (5,3) |
| SEAMILES | Laughs about Oriental academy some distance between China and Japan, for instance (3,5) |
| SILK | Ancient trade route linking China and Imperial Rome, the ... Road |
| PAKISTAN | Only country to border Iran, China and the Arabian Sea |
| CANAILLE | One trapped in trade route by the French mob? |
| MAORIBUG | Wellington's 'cockroach joke' comes between China's leader and Uganda's first couple |
| ROAD | Risk load slipping on ancient trade route (4,4) |
| ARABIANSEA | Northern region of the Indian Ocean that is part of a major trade route between India and the West ( |
| KHYBER | ___ Pass : the trade route between Kabul and Peshawar? (6) |
| SANTAFE | International trade route between America and Mexico, the ... Trail (5,2) |
| MONGOLIA | Country between China/Russia |
| EDE | Town in south-west Nigeria, said to have been founded around 1500 to protect the trade route between Oyo and Benin (3) |
| SEALANES | Trade routes of a sort |
| NEPAL | Country between China and India with the capital Kathmandu, site of eight out of the 10 highest peaks in the world (5) |
| YANGTZE | River flowing through the Fengdu Ghost City and Three Gorges, which is the largest in China and the third-largest in the world (7) |
| SEA | Waterbody between China and Korea The Yellow ___ |
| AMUR | What long river forms part of the boundary between China and Russia? (4) |
