Because of the popularity of films based on the martial artist’s life story, few can really distinguish the actual history of Huo Yuanjia from fictio…
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Amateur conservationist Yang Fan has explored thousands of little-known historic sites in China, while trying to raise awareness for the need to prot…
Shaoshan, Chairman Mao’s birthplace in Hunan province, has become a top tourist site where people burn incense to the revolutionary hero while sellin…
From Christians in the Tang dynasty to all-night parties in early 1900s Shanghai, the Western holiday has a longer history in China than most people …
How were children without parents treated in ancient history?
From encyclopedia to political pamphlet to standard classroom reading: 70 years in the history of China’s bestselling dictionary
How a 19th-century act of “corporate espionage” changed world history
Winter fun on Beijing’s natural ice rinks throughout history
Stories and idioms about seven people who overcame challenging obstacles to read
How a low-ranking Han dynasty courtier came to be known as the founder of the Silk Road
Jin Xu's new book puts silver at the center of dynastic fortunes throughout Chinese history
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