Alcohol distilled in a replica of a disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old bronze vat may help rewrite China’s drinking history.

An unexpected development has taken place in the seven-decades-long dispute between the Tibetan exile leadership and China’s ...

In 1996, archaeologists found the tomb of Emperor Wu-the 6th-century ruler who reigned over the Northern Zhou dynasty from ...

Each year in the Chinese calendar is linked to one of 12 zodiac animals: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. These animals represent different traits. For ...

The brightly lit snake lanterns coil from oversized heads that don't fit the usual image of the slithery reptile — they are ...

The Chinese zodiac isn't just your typical horoscope system – it's a fascinating 12-year cycle that's been shaping destinies ...

Kublai Khan and the Making of China (Bloomsbury, 2024) Author: Jack Weatherford Reviewed by: Addleton, president of Forman Christian College and former U.S. Ambassador […] ...

The 2,000-year-old military general figurine is the tenth of its kind to be excavated from the emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb, ...

The prospect of rising from the fog of holiday hustle, bustle and feasts to contemplate how to do better next year is ...

From the east the sun rises, splitting the cloud-enveloped mountain into the sunlit side and the shaded side. Verdant woods ...

Among the 2000 terracotta figures found, only 10 high-ranking officers were identified. Source: Getty Deep in the ancient ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans ...