(Some history books say yi was made from millet ... Sea cucumbers and prawns are native to China, but only became imperial dishes much later. As cities and towns began to develop and thrive ...

(Some history books say yi was made from millet ... Sea cucumbers and prawns are native to China, but only became imperial dishes much later. As cities and towns began to develop and thrive ...

Adopting a thematic approach, she highlights the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural changes and continuities of the period often conceptualized as 'Middle Imperial China'.

Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Emperor Kangxi and his grandson Emperor Qianlong, who are credited with ushering in a golden age in ...

She follows its development from the rise of Confucianism, Buddhism, and the great imperial dynasties to the Mongol ... and an expert exploration of the continuities and disjunctures of Chinese ...

The decline and collapse of imperial China in the 1800s and early 1900s, however, diminished Chinese influence on the global stage for more than a century. In the past two decades, China has ...

The terracotta warrior is one of only ten high-ranking officials to be found among the 2000 warriors unearthed since 1974.

Crossing Cultures explores the ancient Chinese city of Suzhou, famed for its classical gardens, canals and culinary delights.

TIANJIN, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A granary complex for waterway grain transportation dating back to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) has been discovered in north China's Tianjin Municipality, the city's ...