Fierce, majestic, tame: Depictions of tigers have changed over centuries in Chinese art.
Fleeing revolution at home, White Russian émigrés left an indelible mark on China.
A former student reflects on their encounters with the famed sinologist.
Sixth Tone invited three archaeologists to share their perspectives on the field’s development and f......
As Chinese archaeology enters its second century, its practitioners must ask themselves what, exactl......
Chinese archaeologists have embraced high-tech new equipment and methods in their search for China’s......
The symbolism of long nails and nail guards, from Confucius to Empress Cixi.
A Swedish geologist — and later, a Chinese Egyptologist — played crucial roles in getting Chinese ar......
The vocational school where she taught called her remarks a “major teaching accident.”
This year marks the 84th anniversary of the massacre that killed an estimated 300,000 people.
Photographer Kim Ye and scholar Chen Zhongwei explore the history of modern Shanghai through the len......
The Maritime Silk Road remains relatively obscure. New technologies for identifying and recovering l......
The author of books on Chinese and Western philosophy, Li’s work helped kickstart the country’s post......
The country will train thousands of archeologists to further strengthen its cultural heritage protec......
Known in Chinese as ‘huanpi,’ early localization efforts were half-hearted, often patronizing, and s......
The city has been hailed in China as an example of interfaith tolerance, but that tolerance didn’t s......
Mistaken and misrepresented quotes from China’s most famous philosopher.
A generation of Chinese people grew up on socialist-era compounds that formed their own little socie......
In a small temple in the southeastern city of Quanzhou, half a world away from his birthplace, visit......
From museums to universities, seemingly every institution is launching their own social media-friend......
