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 ...

Man and rock exist in inverse value in the Himalayan foothills of Myanmar’s Kachin state, wedged between India and China ... finest jade can rival that of diamonds. In 2014, a necklace of ...

A Chinese woman fainted in a jewellery shop after accidentally breaking a jade bracelet priced at $44,000 (£35,000). The tourist from eastern Jiangxi province was trying on the bracelet in a shop ...

A trove of more than 100 Stone Age jade artifacts discovered by archaeologists in inner Mongolia may reveal evidence of long-distance trade between two ancient Chinese civilizations. Three 5,000 ...

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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 ...

including more than 200 ceramic vessels for feasting and jade jewelry." An undated file photo shows an ivory artifact unearthed from a tomb in China's Henan province. Archaeologists believe the ...

吴斌是浙江省杭州市的一名公交车司机，他在危急关头舍已救人的英勇行为深深地感动了公众。 Wu Bin, a bus driver from the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province ...

The Chinese paddlefish belongs to an ancient lineage of paddlefish that has been around for at least 100 million years. But in early 2020, a study concluded that the species has recently gone ...

A new BBC Africa Eye/BBC Eye investigation reveals children in Africa are being exploited to make personalised videos, including racist content, for sale on Chinese websites and social media.

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