New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

A style of primitive stone tools named for the French site where they were first discovered have shown up half a world away.

Researchers have uncovered a complete Quina technological system in the Longtan site in southwest China. The discovery challenges the widely held perception that the Middle Paleolithic period was ...

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

The traditional craft of making xuanzhi, or rice paper, dates back about 1,500 years. It has been used by writers, historians ...

The geological conditions pose both advantages and challenges for the grottoes. For example, the sandstone of the mountains ...

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Local farmers discovered thousands of terracotta warrior statues in Shaanxi, China, in 1974. How much do you know about these ...

In a maze of hutongs in central Beijing, the Mandarin Oriental has opened its second hotel in the capital city. Some of the ...

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, a visitor finds a country with a blend of rich history and modern development, ...

Shanxi, home to the largest number of ancient buildings in China, boasts 28,027 ancient structures. Among them are three ...