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(Airdate: November 12, 2024) Wuwei looks like a Silk Road City—flat and dusty. But unlike most other Silk Road cities, Wuwei is Chinese, and has the typical military layout of a garrison town. In fact, it was the first of four major military garrisons established in the Gansu Corridor during the Han Dynasty. We dropped our gear at a seedy hotel and rented bicycles.