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Exploring how China’s economic and diplomatic ties to the outside world shaped its modern history. Originally published...
Missiles that fly 3,000 mph or faster – much faster than the speed of sound – are...
Both countries have defined their relationship as a “comprehensive strategic partnership.” Addressing last year’s Shangri-La Dialogue in...
After their victory in the first Opium War, the British acquired Hong Kong under the 1842 Treaty...
The new vistas of China available after the development of the East India trade attracted many Chinese...
The European explorer Marco Polo (1254-1324 CE) traveled on these routes and described them in depth in...
Chinese alchemists developed methods for manipulating minerals and altering the state of substances. Introduction Most of us...
The absence of a glorification of war in China was largely due to Confucian philosophy and literature....
There were over 200 gods and goddesses worshipped throughout ancient China, but if one were to count...
Modern Taoists in China (and elsewhere) worship many gods at private altars and in public ceremonies which...
So, you found my ancestors? Are you sure this time? epsos There has been much debate about how cats...
Despite their common interests, relations between the foreigners and the Chinese community grew more tense during the...
The search for a commodity that the Chinese wanted to buy led the British to develop opium...
From early times China engaged in extensive trade relations with other countries, From early times China engaged...
“She killed her sister, butchered her elder brothers, murdered the ruler, poisoned her mother,” the chronicles say....
The late Qing (Manchu) dynasty to the fall of Imperial China. Mongolian Interlude By the mid-thirteenth century,...
Ancient Chinese golf / Creative Commons The traditional culture not only influences the life of modern people,...
Downtown Tokyo in the 1920s / Creative Commons During the 1920s, Soviet cultural authorities sought to develop...
Nanjing Jinling Arsenal 1865, built by Li Hongzhang / Wikimedia Commons In the 19th century, after a long...
Several of the newly identified stone tools – unearthed from a museum collection. Hu Yue A fresh look...
Chinese stamps commemorating Deng Xiaoping, a leader widely regarded to have modernized the country and made it...
This elaborate set of ritual bronzes, consisting of an altar table and thirteen wine vessels, illustrates the...
Ladies of a Mandarin’s family at cards, by Thomas Allom (1843) / Wikimedia Commons The emergence of...
This article provides a clue on China’s criminal policy on lenient punishments in history, including the Confucianization...
Neolithic Banpo Village, Xi’an, China, flourished 5,000-3,000 BCE. / Photo by Ian Armstrong, Flickr, Creative Commons Chinese...
Handscroll, ink and color on silk, 24.4 x 343.8 cm / British Library Exploring some of the...
The Japanese Tea Ceremony / Photo by mrhayata, Creative Commons Tea was first drunk by Chinese monks...
Scene from the Song Dynasty Illustrations of the Classic of Filial Piety, depicting a son kneeling before...
The Mongol Empire expanded through brutal raids and invasions, but also established routes of trade and technology...