China's National Cultural Heritage Administration recently made public updates about four different archaeological sitesThey all offered insights into the Xia and Shang civilisations, two of the ...

Constructed over two millennia, the Great Wall of China, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, stands as a testament to ...

AI Musk serves as head of secret service agency dedicated to domestic and foreign intelligence operations to ensure national security.

Here we take a look at Charlie Soong, Trinity College’s first international student and founder of an influential Chinese ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Name: Oracle Bones ...

This photo taken on Nov 25, 2024 captures The Compendium of Chinese Painting through the Ages-Song Dynasty Paintings ...

A set of polychrome female musician and dancer figurines from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) Photo: Courtesy of the Henan ...

A Chinese dynasty and kingdom existed roughly in parallel to the better-known Song Dynasty, but this one ruled by the nomadic Khitans. A fascinating essay on governance, international relations, ...

and for the first time all of China was under foreign rule. In 1271 Kublai Khan named his dynasty Yuan which means "origin of the universe." The Yuan dynasty in China lasted from 1279 to 1368. Kublai ...

This story appears in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The world economy in the ninth century had two powerful engines. One was Tang dynasty China, an empire stretching from ...