Exploring the Yungang Caves
The Northern Wei Dynasty and Their Supercalifragilistic Cave Projects
The Yungang Caves are located in Shanxi Province, China, about 16 km (or 10 miles) west...
Tai Chi Chuan: Kung Fu of Taoist and I Ching Philosophies
Tai Chi Chuan is a martial arts system based on ancient Chinese Taoist and I Ching philosophies. In Chinese language, Tai Chi literally means...
Causes of the First Sino-Japanese War
Between August 1894 and April 1895, China and Japan were engaged in a war over the future of the Korean peninsula in a conflict...
Mongol Warriors and the Composite Bow
Genghis Khan began the Mongol invasions but it was the powerful composite bow which carried their civilization out of the steppe.
The Mongol tribes of...
Calligraphy as an Art Form
The written Chinese language is based on an ancient art. The characters have evolved over centuries, from pictographs on oracle bones to todays's computer...
The Art of War: Sun Tzu Created History
Sun Tzu (about 543B.C.–470B.C.) was an ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher who is the author of the Art of War. He lived...
Chin – China’s Third Dynasty
An introduction to the Chin Dynasty, China’s third, which was ruled by Shih Huang-ti, the first emperor of China from 221-206 BCE.
The Chou Dynasty...
The Humiliation of the 19th Century Chinese Qing Empire
The first British visitors to Shanghai in 1832, some East India Company officers, demanded the Chinese lift restrictions on Sino-European trade.
In 1839, British gunboats...
Sir Victor Sassoon, Builder of 1930s Shanghai
A millionaire with a vision, Sir Victor Sasoon built modern Shanghai. His buildings modernized the city. When he left in 1948, the great metropolis...
Tea Horse Road
Whilst there are many intersections and somewhat of a delta of outlets at the ends, the traditional tea horse road has two routes. They...