The Crucial Role That Gunpowder Played In Early Chinese Warfare Ironically, accidentally invented by the Chinese in the quest for an elixir of life, the earliest known gunpowder weapons utilized ...

Papermaking is widely known as one of the Four Great Inventions of ancient Chinese civilization along with printing, gunpowder, and the compass. Among various types of papers, Xuan paper, also known ...

Yanzhao Evening News commented on Tuesday: The four great inventions of ancient China－the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing－had a huge impact on human civilization. Their modern ...

Reflections | Ancient Chinese rules on animal sacrifices and how the practice has evolved today Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha this weekend, which involves ritual animal sacrifice, something ...

Beijing has amplified its warnings over cutthroat price wars among carmakers as deflationary pressure persists in the world’s second-largest economy, and economists say a reflation is likely to ...

Besides the structure, an ancient Chinese wooden arch bridge model is on display. Taddei says several hundred years later, the self-supported bridge was found in Da Vinci's manuscripts.

The Unreal Engine 5 game is set in ancient China during the final years of the Tang Dynasty. You play as a "nameless messenger and his young son" as they journey east across Asia "to deliver a ...

Staff members of the Shanghai Museum are busy preparing for the upcoming exhibition Legends of Dragon: The Ancient Civilization of Hongshan Culture on June 20. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn] ...

In the U.S. we celebrate July 4th, our Independence Day, with fireworks and all manner of noise making and bright flashing ...

Archaeology & History Ancient DNA Reveals Little-Known Matrilineal Community in China Researchers deem such a system "rare, especially in China." Photo courtesy of Peking University.