A special feature of Taoism is that ordinary humans can and do become gods and immortals. For much of history, this process ...

In a televised address, South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-soo said the wildfires ... built on a stream built in 1668 and a Joseon Dynasty structure built in 1904 to mark the longevity ...

From the Himalayan stand-off with India and island disputes with the Philippines in the South China Sea to sporadic ethnic ...

This left its people longing for peace and stability, and the ruling family's belief in Buddhism encouraged the religion to thrive ... 10 dynasties until the Qing Dynasty. Today, the site ...

The city was a tiny kingdom with its own language and culture until, he says, it participated in a failed rebellion against a Han dynasty emperor ... is not the only one. Religion, both Western ...

This cultural hybridity enabled the empress dowager to rule directly: On one hand, the Chinese court system rooted in the Han dynasty had long included the ... had become deeply familiar with Buddhism ...

The Qing Dynasty saw periods of both empowerment and oppression for ... Systematic Erasure: Language, Religion, and Heritage Under Attack China’s assault on Uyghur culture extends far beyond mass ...

A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, but they did experience one thing in common — high levels of income inequality. A team of ...

Through initiatives in sustainable development, cultural diplomacy, and global governance improvement, China presents a ...