The fate of the dragon, China's thousands-of-years-old national symbol, has fallen into a swirl of uncertainties as professors and civilians interpret the virtual animal in totally different ways.

Unlike breeds raised for chasing sticks or guarding fences, some dogs were born into silk sheets and quiet rooms where crowns ...

The symbols were laid down in the late Stone Age, or Neolithic Age. They predate the earliest recorded writings from Mesopotamia - in what is now Iraq - by more than 2,000 years. The archaeologists ...