China's four great ancient inventions made tremendous contributions to the world's economy and the culture of mankind. They were also important symbols of China's role as a great world civilization.

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Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information ...

Which would you like to have been? Who was Fu Hao? Fu Hao lived during the Shang Dynasty of ancient China and was the only female head of the army. She was very important and buried with treasures.

Qiu Xigui, a doyen of Chinese paleography, ancient classics and history and a leading professor at the Center for Research on ...

ancient classics, history and linguistics. Dubbed "the top researcher of contemporary Chinese paleography", he has made remarkable academic achievements in diverse categories such as research on ...