She led an army of women against Qing forces, fought her whole life for women’s rights, and even slapped the country’s top leaders for failing to com…
A town in Yunnan province stands as a testament to the riches of China’s ancient cross-border horse riding gangs
Founded on June 16, 1924, China’s first modern military academy aimed to reunite a divided nation. It didn’t quite work out that way.
Riding the rails of southern Yunnan province, where “internet celebrity” tourism and French colonial legacy collide
A century ago, the founding of a children’s magazine witnessed a progressive movement in how modern Chinese society wrote for—and saw—children
In the early 20th century, China tried to ban its millennia-old lunar calendar in the name of modernity—with mixed success
How a German tradition from 1803 affects the massage parlors of China today
Lüshun’s history of colonial entanglement attracts visitors looking for stunning photo backdrops, but its story is difficult to tell
How picture newspapers in the early 20th century reflected changing views on freedom and love
A new book by historian Yajun Mo reveals the through-lines linking Chinese travelers, past and present
How “Mandarin Duck and Butterfly,” a romantic literary movement from early 20th century China, became forgotten in the tides of modernization
The story of how Chinese punctuation evolved from the Han dynasty to today
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