The Chinese Cultural Revolution
The Chinese Cultural Revolution was a time of instability in China. Red Guards spread chaos across the country and political infighting was endemic.
The Chinese...
The Child Slave Who Grew up to Become China’s Last Empress
Cixi, the empress who reigned from 1861 to 1908, deserves a reassessment after a century of vilification as a megalomaniacal murderer and sexual predator.
Evidence...
Ancient Chinese Seals, a Treasured National Art Form
The first basic Chinese seals have been dated to the Shang and Zhou dynasties, whose rulers had their identification marks etched on bronze implements....
Anyang – The Last Capital of the Shang Dynasty: Archaeology at Anyang in Northern...
Anyang, in Henan Province in northern China, has a long and distinguished past having once been the capital of the Shang Dynasty more than...
The Empress Wu Hou – China’s Only Female Ruler
Wu Hou, China’s only female ruler, is one of the most remarkable women ever to have lived. The daughter of an official, she entered...
The Castrated in the Tang Dynasty
Many cultures have made use of castration to provide young men who would in one way or another be trusted to run the household...
Republic of China History
The history of the Republic of China began in 1912, shortly after the fall of the Qing Dynasty. It led all of China throughout...
Confucius: Jokes, Quotations and History
Confucius (551B.C.–479B.C.) was a great thinker in ancient China. His philosophies gained prominence in China over other doctrines for 2,000 years from Han Dynasty...
Events of the Chinese Civil War
Starting in earnest in 1927, the Chinese Civil War was a conflict fought between the Nationalist Party known as the Kuomintang and the Communist...
Modesty: Chinese Idiom and Philosophy from Confucius and Lao Tzu
In the first century of Han Dynasty (206 B.C.–220 A.D.), the Chinese empire explored Central Asia and connected the east part of the Silk...