We learn about different revolutions at school, but we often see them as very distant conflicts that have nothing to do with ...

An expert shares how incense went from the preserve of Chinese nobles to modern office workers, and how making and burning it ...

Oct 25 marks the 81st anniversary of Taiwan's return to China, a significant event that holds a shared historical memory for ...

Being a royal heir means you wait your turn. It's your job to stay in line, keep your mouth shut, and hope that eventually ...

Chemist and mechanical engineer Henry R. Heyl moved to Philadelphia from Columbus, OH. in 1863. Shortly after setting up shop near the Curtis Building at 6th and Market Streets, he developed a knack ...

China As past stories in this subseries have shown, identifying a 19th century doctor with a single town isn’t always easy. They tended to move around, and even when settled, to ignore town lines as ...

As Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun recently said, Zhongye Island and Mahuan Island are part of China's ...

The launch of the new book Qing China: Frontiers, Nation and Culture and an academic seminar on the frontier studies of the ...

Film crews may be thinning out at Hengdian World Studios, often dubbed China's Hollywood, but its sets are finding a new ...

Shepard’s seminal work, Sea Power in Ancient History, that “Readers of this work cannot but be impressed by the similarity between the problems of sea power in ancient times and problems of sea power ...

Autumn in Foshan, Guangdong province, comes alive with qiuse, a time-honored folk spectacle woven from vibrant parades and ...

Introduction: A Melody Flowing Through the Morioka SkyAccording to the official website of Morioka City, a single melody is played three times a day—at 8:30 AM, noon, and 6:00 PM—from the rooftops of ...