Today, we can order food from apps and enjoy it at home, thanks to smartphones and e-payments. But long before modern ...

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A close-up of a smiling Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphinarium of the Institute of Hydrobiology. (Wang Chaoqun/Chinese Academy of Sciences) (CN) — The ever-smiling Yangtze finless porpoise ...

The lurid and grotesque stories surrounding Jeffrey Epstein may be seen as a modern echo of the excesses of ancient Chinese imperial harems. The number of women involved was not 3,000, to be sure, but ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting peasant in Sichuan province stumbled upon a cache of jade relics while ...

The artwork seemingly depicted a blonde-haired man. Throughout history, central Asia has been a meeting point for various cultures that came in contact with each other on the Silk Road trading routes.

The trade war between the U.S. and China rages on but it did not spoil the mood of bidders taking part in a fine classical Chinese paintings auction in Hong Kong as an ancient scroll sold for a record ...

While two of the tombs were robbed, one was left untouched, and it contained a box full of glazed pottery, among other goods. Chinese Academy of Social Science’s Institute of Archaeology ...

On Oct. 13, 2025, the World Expo in Osaka, Japan reached its final day after 184 bustling days and nights. All participants hoped to give the grand event a perfect ending, and the award-winning China ...