Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

While the Tang dynasty marked the high-water mark for levels of inequality in Chinese history, subsequent dynasties ... Inequality, long growing in the background, now became a glaring, undeniable ...

according to the Getty Research Institute’s in-depth study of the history of photography in China, and it quickly became popular. At that time, China was ruled by the Qing (or Manchu) Dynasty ...

What are thought to be China’s oldest known bronze Buddha images have ... to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) were found in Weicheng district of the city, Li said. “In the history of Chinese ...

They view China’s ancient dynasties as something to be celebrated – an attitude that coincides with growing national and cultural pride among young Chinese. Author Ma Boyong is among the most ...

A cache of 400-year-old stone grenades inscribed with orders warning guards to watch out for enemies has been discovered at the Great Wall of China near Beijing. The finding shows the astonishing ...

Historians have pointed to a prolonged dry spell as one of the contributing factors to the decline of China's Tang dynasty in the ... with periods in China's long history, the researchers reported ...