Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

Five dynasties, or families, ruled ancient China for more than 6,000 years. The last one of the ancient period, the Han dynasty, ruled around the same time as the ancient Roman Empire. Today ...

According to Sinocentrism, ethnicity is not the factor that differentiates the Chinese from the rest of humanity. Chin stated ...

This is Shudao, or "Roads to Shu". Shu is a historical term roughly referring to present-day Sichuan province. The ancient ...

For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving ...

Shi’s Star Catalog has been notoriously difficult to date, but new research suggests astronomers drafted it centuries before its Western counterpart.

Archaeologists uncovered 200 ancient tombs in China, offering new insights into early life in the region during the Qin and ...

Jin Shanshan and her daughter Jessica Wu stage a mesmerizing dance performance on April 2 at Visva-Bharati University, ...

Visitors examine a bronze chariot and horse modeled in the Qin Dynasty style during the World of the Terracotta Warriors ...

Idealism, a hunger for power and a wish to prosper have driven some of the earliest efforts to build a world order.

The Chinese navigation system has ascended to a dominant position in its home market, driving nearly US$80 billion of ...