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A world where the widowed, disabled and anyone in need are all cared for was an ideal envisioned by Confucian scholars during the Warring States perio...

Our previous podcast discussed some of the ancient hermits that feature in the Palace Museum’s Figure Paintings Across the Ages exhibition. They gave ...

At the Palace Museum exhibition, a total of 76 paintings include portraits of the most famous hermit-scholars in China’s history. It is the second in ...

“Globally, around 14 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail, while an estimated 17 percent of total global food production is was...

On August 21, the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC celebrated the first birthday of panda cub Xiao Qi Ji, which translates to Little Mirac...

Today we discuss how a ferocious, exotic beast, lion, has become an auspicious, cute cultural icon in ancient China. The lion originally came from Afr...

On August 30, China announced a policy that restricts the time minors can play online games to three hours a week. The new rules limit those under 18 ...

If Wuhan was the place in China that received most attention in 2020, Henan Province has certainly captured its share of attention this year. Henan in...

Even if we trace archaeology back to da Vinci and Raphael, there is another related discipline that began much earlier. Epigraphy, the study of ancien...

By August 2, at least 302 people had died and some 50 were registered as missing due to the catastrophic floods that swept through parts of central Ch...

At one time, archaeology was not a place for outsiders. But in recent years, it has captured the public imagination in China with movie blockbusters a...

Humans in prehistory period relied on hunting and gathering to survive. When agriculture was developed, hunting became an important sport and entertai...