Few things in Chinese culture are more widely misunderstood outside of China than the Chinese language. The Chinese write very differently from us and indeed from all other literate societies in today ...

Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

It is one of the objects from ‘the scholar’s table’. If you were a Chinese scholar in the middle of the 18th Century – or even the 19th Century – you would have a table, and on it you ...

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In 2003, an adult Chinese paddlefish was accidentally captured near Yibin, in south-central China. It was tagged by scientists hoping to track its movements, but within hours all signals from the ...

Chinese cabbages are available all year, look for fresh, firm heads that feel heavy for their size. Tiny black flecks on the leaves are normal and harmless. Reject heads that look wilted, limp or ...

If Chinese retail investors had their way they would forgo the seven-day National Day holiday that ends on October 7th. An aggressive stimulus package, announced in Beijing on September 24th ...

T he sighting of a Chinese frigate in Malaysia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), near an oil platform in Sarawak, has raised alarm in the region. The South China Sea, already a hotbed of ...

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is no ordinary collection of policy wonks. In China’s political hierarchy it has the status of a government ministry. It has thousands of staff ...

green up pointing triangle are investing in a nearly $700 million equity offering by a Chinese smart-driving firm, indicating rising demand for assets in the rapidly growing market for autonomous ...

DirecTV is in advanced talks to acquire its satellite-TV rival Dish, people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that could create one of the country’s largest pay-TV distributors after ...