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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Early matchlock guns are extremely rare. The matchlock shown here was made around 1640, and is typical of the muskets used by militia in Colonial America. 1498 - Rifling principle is discovered.

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 ...

Flax and timber merchants based in Sydney began trading in the early 1800s with Māori in the Bay of Islands, with the exchange of goods being the European musket. The musket, a long-barrelled ...

When the tiger pounces upon the bait, its weight causes it to fall into the trap at which point the villagers come and “blow him to pieces with their blunderbusses and Chinese muskets.” ...

Joy Zhang is among millions of Chinese graduates, fresh out of university, who are struggling to find jobs "I've had one, two, three, four... five jobs in the last few months," says Joy Zhang ...

Federal officials acknowledged that few Chinese vehicles were on U.S. roads now, but said that the administration wanted to take proactive measures to strengthen national security. By David E.