- Chinese Money Is Backing Putin’s War - The growing Chinese-Russian alliance is one of the most important geopolitical developments of the century. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/28/chinese-money-is-backing-putin-s-war.html 25 comments europe
- Dior accused of 'culturally appropriating' centuries-old Chinese skirt https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/dior-cultural-appropriation-accusations-chinese-skirt/index.html 77 comments china
- Ancient Roman life is described in translations of The Weilue, a 3rd-century Chinese historical text https://china-underground.com/2022/05/12/a-third-century-chinese-account-of-the-roman-empire/ 3 comments china
- Did the Roman Empire knew about the Chinese Dynasty? (2022) What did Rome know about ancient China? There was only one known Roman to have visited the eastern world. Why have they never met in 500 centuries? [00:09:16] https://youtu.be/1JaUFFGIijo 27 comments documentaries
- A Canadian Jew on the Chinese Olympic hockey team? It’s a century in the making. https://forward.com/news/482168/ethan-werek-canadian-jewish-hockey-player-beijing-olympics/ 44 comments hockey
- "When it comes to 'genocide', most people think of native North Americans in the 16th Century, African slaves in the 19th Century, Jews in the 20th Century, and the indigenous Australians who are still fighting today," Chinese foreign minister said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56311759 149 comments worldnews
- Does the Chinese ministers' records from 16-17th century represent a direct ancestor of Okinawan? https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/jy77t7/does_the_chinese_ministers_records_from_1617th/ 13 comments linguistics
- ["Argument"] There’s No Cold War With China -- Applying 20th-century analogies to the U.S.-Chinese relationship is a misuse of history—and shows a misunderstanding of the present https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/14/cold-war-china-misuse-of-history-united-states-soviet-union/ 10 comments worldevents
- The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Derail Xi Jinping’s Dreams of a Chinese Century https://time.com/5778994/coronavirus-china-country-future/ 23 comments worldevents
- The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Derail Xi Jinping’s Dreams of a Chinese Century https://time.com/5778994/coronavirus-china-country-future/ 13 comments worldnews
- English is just a Mandarin dialect, Chinese scholars claim - The English language is a direct offshoot of Mandarin Chinese, a group of academics from the country who believe Europe had no history before the 15th century has claimed. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mandarin-chinese-english-shakespeare-world-civilization-research-association-a9097926.html 55 comments worldnews
- Validation of a 16th Century Traditional Chinese Medicine Use of Ginkgo biloba as a Topical Antimicrobial https://www.genengnews.com/news/16th-century-ginko-prescription-shows-promise-as-antibacterial-for-skin/ 3 comments science
- Did Chinese culture have a "day of rest" (like Sunday) for workers in early 19th century? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/af6lbw/did_chinese_culture_have_a_day_of_rest_like/ 14 comments history
- Heatwave causes rare Chinese tree to blossom after more than a century https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/10/heatwave-causes-rare-chinese-tree-blossom-century/ 176 comments worldnews
- A dark shadow is looming over the world after more than half a century of peace, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has said after North Korea’s sixth nuclear test. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/03/xi-jinping-dark-shadow-north-korea-nuclear-test-chinese-brics 71 comments worldnews
- Remains of 19th century Chinese workers discovered at ancient pyramid in Peru http://newstimepakistan.com/remains-of-19th-century-chinese-workers-discovered-at-ancient-pyramid-in-peru/ 8 comments worldnews
- "The Hand Work of the Footbound": Chinese women practiced footbinding for centuries—why is still too little understood. http://stanfordpress.typepad.com/blog/2017/03/the-hand-work-of-the-footbound-.html 7 comments history
- Chinese chemists have become the first to synthesize a highly explosive molecule called pentazole. It is so unstable, that its synthesis has eluded chemists for more than a century. http://acsh.org/news/2017/02/14/pentazole-first-synthesis-one-unhappy-molecule-10854 25 comments science
- The Chinese man trapped in India for half a century - BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38715056 4 comments worldnews
- The Chinese man trapped in India for half a century http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38715056 24 comments india
- A centuries-old herbal medicine, discovered by Chinese scientists and used to effectively treat malaria, has been found to potentially aid in the treatment of tuberculosis and may slow the evolution of drug resistance, in a study led by a Michigan State University microbiologist and TB expert. http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2016/ancient-chinese-malaria-remedy-fights-tb/ 19 comments science
- An 18th Century Chinese imperial seal has been sold for a record €21m (£18m, $22m) - more than 20 times its estimated price. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38325119?ocid=socialflow_twitter 3 comments worldnews
- Does Chinese Civilization Come From Ancient Egypt? A new study has energized a century-long debate at the heart of China's national identity. http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/02/did-chinese-civilization-come-from-ancient-egypt-archeological-debate-at-heart-of-china-national-identity/ 392 comments history
- While tensions between Tibet and China have been strained for centuries, the Chinese may never be able to fully populate Tibet because they, unlike the Tibetans, have difficulty reproducing at high altitudes[xpost from /r/EverythingScience] http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113411744/chinese-immigrants-are-having-a-hard-time-reproducing-in-high-altitudes-122915/ 4 comments geopolitics
- While tensions between Tibet and China have been strained for centuries, the Chinese may never be able to fully populate Tibet because they, unlike the Tibetans, have difficulty reproducing at high altitudes http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113411744/chinese-immigrants-are-having-a-hard-time-reproducing-in-high-altitudes-122915/ 32 comments science
- A bronze mirror found in China resembles those associated with Japan’s third-century shaman queen Himiko, providing perhaps the first solid evidence that she was given the mirrors by a Chinese emperor. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/aj201503020035 6 comments worldnews
- Genetic analysis finds that a Chinese strain of the tuberculosis bacterium emerged around 6,600 years ago at the same time that people were settling down to farm in China’s Yangtze River Valley and subsequently spread via the Silk Road and 19th century Chinese emigration. http://www.nature.com/news/tuberculosis-genomes-track-human-history-1.16733 3 comments science
- An Italian historian's theory that Mona Lisa might be a Chinese slave and Leonardo da Vinci's mother- making the 15th-century polymath half-Chinese- sent online commentators into a frenzy http://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/art/mona-lisa-might-be-a-chinese-slave-suggests-italian-historian/article1-1292704.aspx 8 comments worldnews
- For centuries European navies roamed the world’s seas – to explore, to trade, to establish empires and to wage war. So it will be quite a moment when the Chinese navy appears in the Mediterranean next spring, on joint exercises with the Russians. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/74419cd6-71a7-11e4-b178-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3k2zw1dht 49 comments europe
- Chinese coal consumption just fell for first time this century http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/chinese-coal-consumption-just-fell-first-time-century-49062 155 comments worldnews
- The colossal Buddhist statues in the cliffside caves outside this northern Chinese city, carved from golden sandstone by Turkic-speaking nomad conquerors in the fifth and sixth centuries, were so covered in coal dust that when visitors blew on them, black clouds rose up. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/world/asia/outlasting-dynasties-now-choked-by-soot.html?hpw&rref=world&_r=1 3 comments worldnews
- Merkel presents the visiting Chinese president, Xi Jinping, with a map of China from the 18th century, a time when China owned some lands that's currently Russian. http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&maincatid=11&id=20140401000058 8 comments worldnews
- One of China's Largest, Most Prominent Media Companies—12% owned by a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox—Rocked by Major Sexual Scandal - Lawsuit alleges Chinese journalist, a onetime DC bureau chief, routinely harassed & assaulted employees. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/phoenix-sex-scandal-liu-zhengzhu?7 12 comments worldnews
- On Chinese foreign policy, the narrative is clear. After two centuries of humiliation at the hands of the West, it's pushback time [opinion]. http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/02/19/chinas-dream-regional-hegemony 6 comments internationalpolitics
- This is bloody awesome. Type in a word or phrase in one of seven languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Hebrew, Russian, Chinese) and see how its usage frequency has been changing throughout the past few centuries. Addictive. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=fuck&year_start=1600&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=3 184 comments technology
- Chinese records say that the great 15th century admiral Zheng He took his vast fleet of treasure ships as far as Kenya's northern Swahili coast. Now the Chinese government is funding a three-year, $3 million project to find and analyze evidence of Zheng's visits. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704679204575646752730959466.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter 24 comments history
- A Chinese Century? Not So Fast http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeremy-warner/8007414/china-leads-the-way-economically-but-will-it-ever-lead-the-world.html 3 comments worldnews
- Chinese Century? Not There Yet http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a72d4a18-aa07-11de-a3ce-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 5 comments worldnews
- 1st Century Chinese Historians reported that their scouts had numerous sightings of soldiers of unknown origin fighting in a "fish scale formation" Years later an under-strength legion of Roman soldiers were captured. Their descendants are still around today. http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/dna-tests-for-chinas-legionary-lore/2007/02/02/1169919531024.html 36 comments history
- American justice in the 21st century: 17 Chinese citizens in Gitmo will never face charges, will never be free http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/01/guantanamo-china 7 comments reddit.com