Long before Western astrology, the Chinese zodiac helped organize years, beliefs, and social life. Here’s how the system of 12 animals evolved over the centuries.

Historian Wang Gungwu on China's quest for a unifying national ethos, fusing global insights with heritage to ensure stability in a changing world Renowned historian Wang Gungwu's Roads to Chinese ...

Sophie Couchman has undertaken research work for the See Yup Society on a voluntary basis and formerly curator at the Museum of Chinese Australian History. Leigh McKinnon is the Research Officer at ...

I am the son of two empires. That's a line from early in the new memoir by New York Times reporter Edward Wong. Wong was born in one empire here in the United States, grew up in D.C.'s Northern ...

Metaphors of cooking and eating are a firm favourite among writers on multiculturalism. No comment on cultural contact seems ...

TAINAN, Taiwan — On a Friday morning in the southern city of Tainan, Shuixian Gong Market overflows with displays of shiny orange and silver fish, stacks of glistening pork ribs and crates of dragon ...