With the needle moving carefully in her hand, images in Chen Yunzhen's mind's eye take shape across a piece of fabric, in colors across the spectrum. As if by magic, the two-meter long plain cloth is transformed into a thing of beauty, embellished with azalea and pomegranate patterns. Fifty-...

Rafe de Crespigny is Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University. He is considered to be one of the most important historians on early medieval China, focusing on the late second and third centuries, when the Han Dynasty collapsed and was replaced by the Three Kingdoms. Professor de Cre...

The giant panda, regarded as one of China’s National Treasures, was on the verge of extinction.Today there are fewer than 1,000 giant pandas living in the world. The giant panda is the symbol of eco-environmental conservation. Visitors to China can see this reclusive animal in Sichuan Provinc...

For many people, their introduction to Chinese culture starts with Confucius. Better known as Kong Zi – “Master Kong” in China, Confucius was an ancient philosopher, poet, and political theorist of the Spring and Autumn period who is largely seen as the most famous and influential figure througho...

Let’s embark on a journey of discovering artisans in China.Today, we’ll introduce a man called Liu Waite Jozef and his story about playing football. Jozef learns that Chinese ancients play cuju. So, what’s Cuju? So how did they play it?To help Jozef find out the answers, his mother took the curio...

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