Items from Nanhai No 1, which sank during the Southern Song dynasty and was found in 1987, tell us about life in the past.

Ever since Nanhai No 1 was discovered in 1987, archaeologists and historians have been curious to understand its story. How did the ship sink and end up at the bottom of the South China Sea?

Last Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin asserted China's historic rights in what it calls "Nanhai Zhudao," or "South China Sea Islands." “China has internal waters ...

An installation view of the Nanhai I Shipwreck and the Maritime Silk Road exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] Amid the bustle and din of Tsim Sha ...

According to the archaeologists, Nanhai I probably sank in the waterway from Guangdong to the South China Sea in the 10th year of the Chunxi period (1183) of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279 ...

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In China’s southernmost island province of Hainan, local fishing families still keep their cherished heirlooms: worn sea route manuals known as Geng Lu Bu. For centuries, far before the invention of ...