This ancient marvel rivaled Rome’s intricate network of roads This ancient marvel rivaled Rome’s intricate network of roads China’s beloved drunken poet died centuries ago—or did he?

Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east, and Yang wanted to break this grip of geography. He needed a way to move rice from the fertile region around the Yangtze northwest to feed his court ...

Their ancestors had traded with the local Africans, who had given them giraffes to take back to China; then their boat ... During his revolt, Zhu Di's right-hand man had been the Muslim eunuch ...

IN his Conway Memorial Lecture, "Science and Society in Ancient China", delivered on May 12, 1947, Dr. Joseph Needham attempts to sketch a pattern of the organisation of Chinese feudal society and ...

Vladimir Putin is facing a furious backlash from Kremlin clans over his China policy, which could exacerbate Russia's economic crisis. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February ...

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But in ancient China, meteor showers were more than a stunning display. Early records of 'falling stars' often hinted at consequences believed to follow these rare events. Produced by Ellenoor ...

Calligraphy was once China’s highest art form—then the Communist Party tried to erase it. Now, under Xi Jinping, it’s making a comeback. At Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, a rare copy of the ...

Directed by Yang Yu (aka Jiao Zi), Ne Zha 2 has shattered multiple global box office records, pulling in more than US$1 billion (S$1.34 billion) in China in just one week. It has entered the ...