Chinese Characters is a new series of essays exploring Chinese history through the life stories of key personalities. Here, series presenter Rana Mitter tells the story of Wu Zetian, the female ...

Wu: The Chinese had a special type of kaolin clay ... The ewer bears a simplified and sketchy four-character mark reading "Made in the Zhengde era." NOVA: I understand that quality and intensity ...

Wu Bangguo, former chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the nation's top legislature, died ...

Many readers will be familiar with [Naomi Wu], the prolific hardware ... developers in India, and a Chinese developer painstakingly transcribing all the Chinese character set for the device.

He's dressed such stars as Diane Kruger, Meghan Markle, and Regina King, but for spring 2025, Wu is honoring Chinese artist Tong Yang-Tze: "She is an icon in Asia, and I wanted to celebrate her work.

My teaching procedure looks something like this: After a brief class discussion of some of the major aspects of the Tang Dynasty—art, poetry, the civil service exam, the Empress Wu, and so forth ...

Singapore’s Attorney-General’s Chambers will “take a decision” on property tycoon Ong Beng Seng “soon,” after former ...

Feng says that The Red Detachment of Women is still evolving, as a new generation of dancers performs the piece. One is the ...

Here’s a list of highly anticipated Chinese dramas the actor ... His depiction of the fierce character who stood by the ...

Chinese director Jia Zhangke's ambitious latest, which utilises footage shot across two decades, offered a peek into the ...

Written by Wu Zetian and carved in the handwriting of Emperor Zhong Zong, the inscription, totaling more than 8,000 characters, sang the praises of Emperor Gao Zong for his military and ...

In 1983, the playwright accepted an invitation to direct his iconic play at the Beijing People’s Art Theatre. That story is ...