By Dr. Anne KinneyProfessor of East Asian Languages, Literature and CulturesUniversity of Virginia The unprecedented interest in...
China
Explore the history of China from its earliest dynasties through imperial transformation and the rise of the modern state. These studies follow changing institutions while examining the ideas and cultural traditions that shaped Chinese civilization.
Curioso/Shutterstock The story of the silk road, ancient or modern, is as much the story of the sea...
No go zone. pixelflake/Flickr, CC BY-SA Explore the hidden origins of one of China’s most significant historic sites. By Jonathan Dugdale / 06.09.2017 PhD Candidate...
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.05.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – The Middle Kingdom 1.1 –...
Confucius deemed reflection the best way to wisdom / Creative Commons By Dr. Khatera Sahibzada / 02.09.2018...
Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate 1 – The Mythical Period 1.1 – Introduction 1.1.1 – Overview...
Terracotta Army detail, Xi’an, China / Photo by Peter Morgan, Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Rolando Minuti /...
These “oracle bone” fragments, some of which show an ancient Chinese script, are housed at the Royal...
Chinese Banknotes Many Americans, apparently, are really angry at China right now. They believe that China is...
By Gerry Everding / 01.03.2018 Senior News Direct, Social Sciences Washington University, St. Louis Using satellite imaging...
Barley continues to be the staple diet of people living in this Dolpo Valley of Nepal, a...
A 13th century CE wooden printing plate and paper bank note from the Chinese Yuan dynasty (1271-1368...
Plato, Confucius and Aristotle. Ancient Greek philosophy is widely taught in American universities, but classes in Chinese...
Departure Herald, from the Chinese Jiajing reign period (1522-1566 CE) / National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan By...
02.20.2017 Photos by Sina Weibo Zhao Yongjiu, a 56-year-old street cleaner from Shenyang, China, recently won the...
Depiction on the Arch of Titus of the triumphal march following the war. In the Jewish War...
\ 12.16.2016 On December 9th, 2011, champion rock-climber Lai Chi-wai suffered a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed...
11.22.2016 The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, China, is one of the most popular suicide spots in...
11.15.2016 Photos by Weibo Chinese companies have been known to subject their employees to some of the most...
When driving at night, there’s nothing quite as annoying as being blinded by the full-beam headlights of...
Cao Yinpeng, an 8-year-old from Xuzhou, East China’s Jiangsu province, underwent a rigorous fattening up regiment, in...