Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

One of the biggest misunderstandings about dining in the Forbidden City, she says, is the assumption “that the emperors must eat like a million dishes, especially when you have that Manchu-Han ...

In the complex socio-political landscape of China, the “Imperial Han” (皇汉, Huang Han) faction stands out for its significant resurgence. This extreme Han ethno-nationalist sentiment ...

The Emperor in Han Dynasty,[1] also released under the title The Emperor Han Wu in some countries, is a 2005 Chinese historical television series based on the life of Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty.

In 202 BC, Liu Bang (256 BC-195 BC) defeated Xiang Yu (232 BC-202 BC) and set up the Western Han imperial court (206 BC-AD 24), founding its capital at Chang'an, with magnificent city walls and ...

Such vicissitudes might have deprived his life of imperial glory, but the relics unearthed from his tomb tell a different story, revealing a dynasty’s grandeur. NANCHANG, JIANGXI, CHINA ...

The richest 5% in the Han Empire controlled 42% of income, compared to 37% in Rome. The differences in inequality can be pinned down to fundamental differences in imperial strategies. All roads ...

The history of Wang Mang, a Han dynasty minister and imperial cousin who later founded his own short-lived dynasty, resonates ...

You’s new book, “Genre Networks and Empire: Rhetoric in Early Imperial China,” examines letters, court edicts, commentaries and other documents from the Han dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D ...

"Our analysis shows Emperor Wu had typical East or Northeast Asian facial characteristics." The study's genetic analysis showed that the Xianbei people intermarried with ethnic Han people when ...