Five dynasties, or families, ruled ancient China for more than 6,000 years. The last one of the ancient period, the Han dynasty, ruled around the same time as the ancient Roman Empire. Today ...

Five hundred years later, Confucius would praise the Duke of Zhou’s ritual system and defend the secularist attitudes of the dynasty he’d built. As far as Li is concerned, the replacement of the Shang ...

It also sheds light on the origin and migration patterns of a nomadic empire that once ruled parts of northeastern Asia. Emperor Wu was a ruler of the Northern Zhou dynasty in ancient China.

It also offers insights into the origin and migration patterns of a nomadic empire that once ruled parts of Northeast Asia. Emperor Wu ruled during the Northern Zhou dynasty from 560 to 578 AD. He is ...

During the Han dynasty, new iron-working techniques led to better plows and irrigation tools. Harvests boomed, enabling the Chinese empire to balloon in both territory and population.

The powerful Zhou Yongkang is under investigation for murder, corruption, and plotting to overthrow the government. Inside President Xi's latest move to consolidate power.

Mukden is the ancient capital of the present dynasty of China. It was there that in the year 1625 Nurhachu, the famous founder of that dynasty, established himself.

An exhibition at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco showcases precious objects from the Zhou dynasty covered in mythical motifs.

‘China’s Hidden Century’, at London’s British Museum, uses a wide range of art and artefacts to tell the story of the volatile decades leading up to the end of the Qing dynasty, and of ...