Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. China Daily is running this series to show how master artisans are using dedication and innovation to ...

Chinese historians have long assumed that under China’s earliest imperial rulers, the Qin (221–206 B.C.) and Han (206 B.C.–A.D. 220) Dynasties, farmers turned over a fixed amount of their crops to the ...

Ancient China gifted the world paper over 2,000 years ago, revolutionizing knowledge sharing. Cai Lun's innovation, using natural fibers, provided a lightweight, affordable alternative to cumbersome ...

The stamp for the 2026 Chinese New Year and the Year of the Horse issued by the United Nations Postal Administration Photo: Courtesy of Tiger Pan A galloping red horse bursts forward amid swirling ...

From the mid-second century b.c. to the late first century a.d., the armies of China’s Han Dynasty (206 b.c.–a.d. 220) defended their territory against the marauding forces of the Xiongnu Empire, a ...

Chen Xinyi (left), 86, scriptwriter and director of symphony poetry drama Ein Heldenleben: Cai Lun, speaks before the performance in London on Oct 17. [Photo provided to China Daily] A production ...

Every week my column gets printed on paper. Sometimes I use paper to dry my paws. Or clean up after I use the litterbox. I asked my friend Xiuyu Wang who invented paper – and why. He ’s at Washington ...

Betty Harford, the actress best known for her roles on the ABC soap opera Dynasty and the CBS legal drama The Paper Chase, has died. She was 98. Harford's death was announced by her friend Wendy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. Character actress Betty Harford, best known for her recurring roles on ...

Actress Betty Harford, best known for appearing in the shows “Dynasty” and “The Paper Chase,” has died. She was 98. Harford’s death was confirmed by her friend Wendy Mitchell, who said on Facebook ...