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Insider Tip: The Great Wall was designed for protection, but don’t forget the forts that were another part of China’s ...

An embroiderer of the Naxi ethnic group makes embroidery work at Baisha ancient town in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan ...

High on the sheer rock faces of southern China, wooden coffins cling to the cliffs, turning entire valleys into vertical graveyards and raising a question that has puzzled archaeologists for ...

"Wish we could wear these beautiful costumes in daily life, they're absolutely stunning. As a foreigner, I'm totally obsessed with traditional ancient Chinese outfits - Hanfu, qipao, and all ethnic ...

China’s beloved drunken poet died centuries ago—or did he? Discover Jiangsu: ancient gateway to the Maritime Silk Road Discover Jiangsu: ancient gateway to the Maritime Silk Road Rediscovering China’s ...

A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats without the need for a centralized state authority, ...

Ancient Buddhist murals in northwestern China are under “direct threat” as a result of unprecedented levels of rainfall brought about by climate change, researchers said this week. Subscribe to read ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Chinese scientists have successfully sequenced ancient human DNA dating ...

Counties have been continuously serving as basic administrative divisions throughout ancient and modern China, and population has always been the focus of national governance. Thus county-level ...

“Who controls the past controls the future,” George Orwell wrote. Rewriting history, as for any authoritarian regime, is the bread and butter of the Chinese Communist Party — and absolutely essential ...