According to Chinese tradition, Chinese civilization is 5,000 years old, though the ancient China of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou ...

The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new find is part of the larger oldest part of the Great ...

From at least the time of the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-771 BC) and even earlier, clues existed about the way power was incubated during this pivotal period of early Chinese history.

While the National People's Congress (NPC) is often referred to as China's "parliament," the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) plays an equally vital but less understood role ...

Nicolas Chow, chairman of Sotheby's Asia and worldwide head of Asian art, writes in his preface for Liu's collection of Chinese ceramics, "Together with the classical and modern paintings and ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s engaging “Recasting the Past” exhibition looks at the antiquarian spirit in China since the ...

In China the Shang Dynasty, which had been in power for over 500 years, was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia. Like the Kushites of ...

Discover artworks and national treasures tracing the Chinese culinary evolution from Neolithic times to the Qing dynasty, ...

Chinese archaeologists uncovered 2,300-year-old waterfront metropolis from the Yue dynasty with superior building techniques.