Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...

According to their paper, published in the Chinese journal Knitting Industries, the answer could lie in a dual-layer composite fabric inspired by Han Dynasty jacquard looms. This silk-weaving ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.

While the US struggles with deteriorating radar-absorbent materials, China has looked to the past for its cutting-edge solution ...

GANSU- Dunhuang Museum, located in Danhuang city in China’s northwestern Gansu province, is a perfect place to gain some ...

The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) is an international collaborative effort to conserve, catalogue and digitise ...

Researchers from the Han and Ming Great Wall conservation and research center of Shandan county, Zhangye, Gansu province, gather data at the site in June last year. [PHOTO BY WANG JIANG/FOR CHINA ...

On Tuesday, an exhibit that includes more than 240 artifacts from the Silk Road launched at the National Art Museum of China (NAMC) in Beijing.

Chinese aerospace engineers have ... the answer lies in a dual-layer composite fabric inspired by Han dynasty (206BC-AD220) jacquard looms – a silk-weaving technique dating back to 200BC.

Moreover, the common assumption that cat domestication took place in China during the Han Dynasty between 206 ... oldest-known domestic cat along the Silk Road, offering tantalizing clues about ...