China

In the second of a new series of comment pieces written by linguists at Cambridge, Dr Heather Inwood , Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Chinese...

Intestinal parasites as well as goods were carried by travellers on iconic route, say researchers examining ancient latrine.

How do you take your tea – with a drop of poisonous chemicals or a spoonful of sheep dung? Throughout history, the health benefits – and harms – of...

A 3000-year-old ox bone - inscribed with the earliest-known example of Chinese writing - has become the world's first 'oracle bone' to be scanned and...

Peter Wiliamson (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses the meeting of G20 finance chiefs and the Chinese economy.

Researchers from UK and Chinese universities, including the University of Cambridge, are collaborating on four new projects to work towards achieving...

A banknote from 1380 that threatens decapitation, a set of 17th-century prints so delicate they had never been opened, and 3000-year-old ‘oracle...

The siege of Anqing in central China was a pivotal episode in a civil war that saw the loss of 20 million lives. At a talk on Tuesday (11 March, 2014...