CNS: Joseph Needham spoke highly of the "Four Great Inventions" in ancient China. In what ways did ancient Chinese science and technology, represented by these four great inventions, influence the ...

An international research team has found that black eye makeup used between the 9th and 7th centuries BCE in the northwest of ...

How did ancient Chinese commanders win wars without fighting? In this episode, Kings and Generals explores the brilliant tactics and cunning stratagems of the Three Kingdoms Period, drawn from ...

Xuan paper is recognized by UNESCO and prized among Chinese artists. Now its largest manufacturer is trying to sell it overseas.

Discover interesting facts about ancient China's rulers, philosophy, and the Great Wall of China.

A batch of ancient Chinese silk manuscript fragments, believed to be older than the Dead Sea Scrolls, are returning to China after a handover ceremony at the US embassy on Friday, ending their ...

A Yangtze finless porpoise appears to "smile" at the Baiji Dolphinarium at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Wang Chaoqun Over the last 1,400 years, populations of the Yangtze finless porpoise have ...

Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons For centuries in China, men and women gathered to play a game called Cuju. Considered an ancient form of soccer, a pastime, but also a political tool, it ...

Why Did This Ancient Chinese Handscroll Break Auction Records? The 700-year-old scroll by renowned calligrapher Rao Jie fetched over $32 million after a heated bidding battle at Sotheby’s.

Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of an ancient painter.” ...

With Chinese start-up DeepSeek and its artificial intelligence (AI) model shaking up the global tech sector, China's top diplomat appeared to seize the chance to promote the chatbot at the high ...