Yang Hexiang, director of the Yunnan Provincial Library, introduces the digital ancient books the institute released on Dec ...

The 1,400-year-old Grand Canal is a monumental project that bound north and south China together. It’s still in use today.

Guests participating in the Discovering Shanxi's Ancient Chinese Architecture — A Visual Journey Through Cultural Heritage ...

Imagine, for a moment, that you lived in ancient China, with a rival state threatening your people’s very existence. In the ...

In studying social mobility in today's industrialized nations, researchers typically rely on data from the World Economic Forum or, in the United States, the General Social Survey. But examining the ...

The Composite Map of the Ming Empire (Da Ming Hunyi Tu) reflects the political situation in AD 1389 but was likely painted much later. Original Chinese labels were later covered with Manchu on paper ...

Chronology of Sinitic cores in the Early Medieval Period -- Introduction -- Metageographies -- China, reconsidered -- Geographical writing -- 1. Geographical writing -- Defining the genre -- Warring ...

We call those people the “ancient Chinese”. Learn about amazing structures, great inventions and a famous myth from ancient ...