In his revised edition of “Under Heaven: Inclusive China,” Peking University Professor Han Yuhai reimagines “tianxia” as an interconnected world shap…
Ancient seafarers who roamed China’s waters left behind countless legends: as leaders of popular uprisings, developers of maritime trade, and heroes …
Forget Mulan—ancient China’s most successful female military commander went undefeated in battle and earned honors for over 50 years
Video games mix real-world history and fiction in ways that inform—and perhaps distort—people’s views of China
Historian Duan Zhiqiang explores road dangers and the emergent travel industry in China’s Ming and Qing eras
An audience with the Son of Heaven could be a minefield of ritual, ceremony, and etiquette for China’s court officials
From veiled scholar hats to canopied backpacks, China’s obsession with sun protection is not a recent one
From ankle crushing to slow slicing, ancient Chinese punishments and torture were brutal
From a weight-loss dance to diets of cacti and musk, ancient Chinese had a variety of ways to keep themselves slim
From toys for children to weapons of war, ancient inventors sent many things into the sky
Asian-Australian author Shelley Parker-Chan’s “She Who Became the Sun” may not be historically accurate, but that’s not the main reason to read it
The Wanggongchang Explosion continues to mystify historians almost 400 years later
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