China senses an opportunity in Trump’s cultural revolution Trump kicks off sale of $2.3bn Truth Social stake Jardine Matheson, giant of Hong Kong commerce, charts new course as investor ...

Fifty years after they were discovered, China's famous clay figurines are giving up their secrets. They don't talk. They can't move. But the enigmatic terracotta warriors of China are excellent ...

An M with a small letter or set of letters above it stood for tens of thousands and higher. (Confusingly, in this instance the M represented the Greek ancestor of “myriad,” not the number 40.) ...

Around 2,200 years ago, ancient China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, began connecting many small walls to build the now-famous Great Wall of China. It eventually became over 13,000 miles (20,000 ...

I am an admirer of Prof. Perry Link’s lifelong scholarship, but it is hard to find credible his argument (“Marxism Is a Mask for Xi’s Power Over China,” Letters, Aug. 9) that Xi Jinping ...

In 2019, the Chinese historical TV drama series The Longest Day in Chang’an became popular in China, and its 20th episode takes place in a “jing (Nestorian) temple.” It attempts to recreate ...

Your initial answer might not be the inland city of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province in northwest China. If you are someone who loves history like me, then you may have already heard about the city.

Calligraphy was once China’s highest art form—then the Communist Party tried to erase it. Now, under Xi Jinping, it’s making a comeback. At Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, a rare copy of the ...

Ancient Roman letters unearthed from 1,800-year-old pet cemetery in Egypt. See them By Aspen Pflughoeft. May 24, 2024 11:00 AM. Archaeologists excavating a 1,800-year-old pet cemetery in ...

Archeologists in China have found the remains of what may be the world’s oldest known flush toilet.. Broken parts of the 2,400-year-old lavatory, as well as a bent flush pipe, were unearthed ...

5 fast facts about Ancient China. Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.