Stories from ancient China, and whatever else comes to mind.
A century ago, in December 1922, a New York Times front page article confidently predicted that the
It was the Mongols who chose Beijing as the Chinese capital. After the Ming Dynasty overthrow the Mo
Of all the uncertainties and mysterious surrounding China's mythical founder, the Yellow Empero
In 1728, Emperor Yongzheng complained that he coul
How did Taiwan, a small island off the Chinese coast, become by far the most dominant player in the
Deterrence theory is well known in political science and particularly popular during the Cold War.In
During the Warring States era, when the genius inventor Lu Ban designs a new siege weapon for the Ki
Everyone has heard of Sunzi's "The Art of War." But did you know that it is only one
In the middle of the 20th century, one Chinese writer began publishing books in English.It was a tru
Ban Chao, "the Marquis Who Pacified Faraway Lands," remains a household name today among t
In 751 A.D., the forces of Tang China, led by a Korean general, met a distant foe on a battlefield i
The first Chinese national to graduate from a U.S. university lived a life that was full of disappoi
The story of the "Thousand-Character Essay,&q
The recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom brings to mind a fascinating moment i
Zhang Xueliang, known as "the Young Marshal," lived one of the most interesting lives of 2
Historian Michael McCormick has nominated 536 A.D. as the worst year in history to be alive. It was
In the previous episode we looked at how climate change in the Roman Empire paralleled climate chang
In his book, "The Fate of Rome," Prof. Kyle Harper argues that much of the history of the
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov, Marshal of the Soviet Union, is chiefly remembered in Russia as the iron-w
The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, originated in borderlands of southwestern China and what is now Bu
