A crescent jade, reputed to be "the top dragon of China", belonging to the Neolithic Hongshan Culture. But despite its mythological status, the dragon is not purely imaginary, as it displays the physical features of a number of different animals. In his thesis on Fuxi, the mythological emperor with a serpent's body, the renowned scholar Wen Yiduo, who died in …
An ongoing art exhibition echoing the recently aired third season of the documentary, China, displays 443 paintings centered on mythologies and stories of ancient China. "All the stories we selected for the documentary contribute to making clear the logic of how China has developed into the large, inclusive, united multiethnic country of today," Li explains. Director Li Dongshen Starting with …
It is no rocket science to figure out that by unilaterally renaming places in disputed areas, China is attempting to assert its territorial claims and undermine the claims of other countries When visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping toasted a glass of wine with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a reception at the Kremlin in Moscow on 21 March 2023, …
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