Chinese history

To many Westerners, Chinese culture can seem daunting to learn about. For many of us, the extent of Chinese culture that we know comes through such things as American Chinese ...

Cao Jie is an obscure character in Chinese history compared to his illustrious great-grandson, the ruler Cao Cao, ...

Though superseded by modern vessels for major shipping, junks are still widely used throughout China.

Will the history books change? Evidence suggests the Chinese got to America before the Europeans.

In honor of Mother's' Day, we share three stories of outstanding mothers from ancient China.

"Military tactics on paper" is a four-character idiom from ancient China originally used to describe the fate of ...

Tragedy invariably followed ancient Chinese assassins—even in the event of success, these fearless warriors expected no less than ...

The tales of Chinese assassins are of men whose extreme resolve and loyalty earned them a unique and ...

Are you moving forward or backward in life? Some ancient cultures had figures that literally moved backward to ...

He never lost a battle, but he has been immortalized with a dish that would probably not appeal ...

A team of archaeologists excavating tombs in western China uncovered the remains of two nomadic herders and a ...

"Really—through the dance, it’s able to take you there and make you feel like you’re watching the history ...

New Commissioner, Sir Graham Bright, cut the ribbon of The Art of Zhen Shan Ren at the Cambridge ...

King Wu of Zhou was the son of King Wen of the Zhou Kingdom. In the twelfth year ...

Confucius Institutes had offered propaganda videos as teaching materials for children.

The audience enters the terracotta exhibition, glimpsing into the mystery of Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s afterlife palace. It ...

During the reigns of the Yellow Emperor, Emperor Yao, and Emperor Shun, people suffered a lot from severe ...

The discovery of the Terracotta Army is one of the fascinating stories of archeology.

Emperor Qin Shi Huang is widely respected as the first emperor of a united China. He was born ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang is widely respected as the first emperor of a united China. He was born ...

11th century drainage still working to protect city.

Onlookers watched in amazement as a centuries-old well flowed with milky water on May 8.

Min Ziqian of the Spring-Autumn period (770 B.C — 476 B.C) in China is a moral exemplar of ...

Fan Chunren (1027—c.1101) was the second son of Fan Zhongyan, a notable litterateur in Chinese history.