What did poetry mean to the ancient Chinese? Confucius (551-479 BC) offered an answer. "Poetry can inspire the mind, offer ...

The poem was written by Liu Zhangqing (726-789), who lived during China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), an era known not only for ...

Chinese scientists analyzed astronomer Shi Shen’s record of the stars and found it to predate previously known Greek ...

The Korean alphabet is better than yours. Meet the king who invented it and watch him work his linguistic magic in this ...

The United States government has adopted new restrictive measures against Chinese students, causing academic reactions and ...

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The Air Force C-130 transport plane dipped down on the sun-baked airfield of this remote island in the northern Philippines, delivering a weapon system designed to give the U.S. an edge in the ...

Oracle bone inscriptions are also the important materials to study the original configuration of Chinese characters and the earliest state of Chinese language grammar. Scapula-bone inscription kept in ...

The Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or Nmesis, is an antiship missile launcher mounted on a remote-controlled truck. The dumbbell-shaped islet where it landed lies just 120 ...