Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art on Friday officially returned the Zidanku silk manuscript volumes II and III: Wuxing Ling and Gongshou Zhan from the Warring States period ...

Scientists studied more than 700 ancient Chinese poems that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to determine its population ...

As counting continues, unofficial results show that over 26% of ballots are in, with 16,000 voters rejecting the proposal and only 4,500 in favor. Stay tuned for more updates on this important ...

In the study, the team systematically dug through preserved poems dating back to the year 618 CE and found hundreds of ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Chinese warships entered waters under South Korea’s jurisdiction more than 330 times last year, according to military data obtained on Apr. 29. These incursions were not limited to the Provisional ...

warships and its air force. China has been rapidly expanding it's navy, building the equivalent of the entire Royal Navy in just four years - with the pace of shipbuilding outstripping even the US.

In China, a large number of local varieties and wild resources have been recorded in ancient books. In this paper, Chinese ancient local chronicles, a unique kind of Chinese ancient books, is taken as ...

For example, the team opted for the traditional rural zengzi, a wooden steamer, and clay pots still used in some Chinese villages, instead of the rare ancient yan, a specialized vessel for ...

The Type 22, a class of fast, agile, stealthy and powerful missile boat of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, has been carrying out diversified missions, including foreign warship ...