Hunan governor Mao Weiming emphasized the province's unique fusion of ancient heritage and vibrant modern culture. He invited attendees to visit Hunan, underscoring the importance of deepening ...

Diaoyuan's transformation from a cluster of crumbling farmhouses into a destination for urbanites seeking "slow living" is a case study of how China is reimagining rural preservation, seeking not a ...

Researchers found European-style Quina tools in China, dating back 55,000 years, challenging the view that East Asia’s Middle ...

New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant ...

The Beijing Library was selected for Time magazine's The World's 100 Greatest Places of 2025, which marks the first time a ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

A style of primitive stone tools named for the French site where they were first discovered have shown up half a world away.

Instead of referring to sounds in an essentially arbitrary way, pictures refer to the world. As such, they require no ...

The flower festival, held the second month of the lunar calendar to celebrate the flower goddess' birthday, boasts a history of over 2,000 years. According to ancient beliefs, the flower goddess ...

Whether it is encouraging critical thinking or acting as much-needed social commentary Satire uses comedy to analyze flaws ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's engaging "Recasting the Past" exhibition looks at the antiquarian spirit in China since the 12th century.

Paper is one of the four great inventions of ancient China. When Ai was 13, she first learned about Cai Lun, the inventor of the paper-making process during the Eastern Han (25-220) dynasty.