We can't call it writing until we have more evidence." Shaman rituals. He noted that there were indications the Neolithic culture at Jiahu may not have been complex enough to require a writing system.

The extraordinary Chinese writing system has over 4,000 core complex characters – and they’ve been getting more complex over time. Most assume writing systems get simpler.

Chinese writing has a history of some three thousand five hundred years. It is not as old as Sumerian or Egyptian writing; there is no certain evidence, however, that the invention of writing in China ...

PRESENTER:'So the Chinese writing invented by the Shang 'wasn't an alphabet like our writing, it was pictographic. 'That means their signs show the things they're meant to be. 'It's a series of ...

Pottery expert Dr. Anna de Vincenz identified the writing as Chinese, with the Hebrew University researcher Jingchao Chen deciphering it. "The bowl dates back to 1520-1570, and originated in the ...

HARARE, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese writing competition for Zimbabwean students was held in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, Friday.