Lost to time and only rediscovered in the late 1800s, the ancient city remains were once China’s first capital under the Shang Dynasty which ruled from 1600 to 1046 BC. Yinxu (or Yin Ruins) is located on both banks of the Huanhe River to the northwest of the nationally famous…
Want to learn more about China? Learn to speak Chinese? How about listening to the latest views of China watchers, political figures, and current affairs in China? Well, here is my pick of the top 40+ podcasts that are freely available on the internet. At the bottom of this list,…
While China is renowned for its famous historic sites that date back thousands of years its ancient towns have been off the radar for most foreign visitors. The ancient towns offer not just an attraction but deep insight into the culture, architecture, and life in those times. While many of…
Excluding Great Britain, Chinese are the oldest continuous immigrants to Australia beginning some in the early 1800’s. Their contribution to Australian society is immense and spans many fields over most all of Australia’s modern history. 1829 – Fifty-five Chinese migrated to Australia. 1848 – On 2nd October the ship…
In 1937/38 Nanjing was witness to one of the worlds haunting events, being the massacre of some 300000 people at the hands of invading forces. At that time Nanjing was the capital of China and Japanese forces had taken control of the city and during the first six to eight weeks of their…
The Nanjing Museum is quite famous having had many exhibitions abroad and well known for holding some quite rare and valuable pieces of Chinas history, so, better take a look. The museum features several halls all with different themes including an ancient Chinese jade exhibit, ancient Chinese silk, Chinese copper…
Like many of Chinas ancient cities Nanjing was once a walled city. The walled city featured sever gates but the south gate is quite special for a number of reasons. One visible reason is that it looks more like a castle than a gate. It took over 20 years…