"It was done by enemies so that the souls of these people could never be reborn ... more genetically similar to present-day Han and northern Chinese people rather than to the Xiongnu and other ...

In 221 BCE, King Ying Zheng of Qin conquered the rival warring states and established the Qin empire as Qin Shi Huangdi (The ...

The jiaozi – or Chinese dumpling – originated 1800 years ago as a staple food among the ethnic Han people of northern China. With time, it became a favourite across the country, especially ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei. Historians do not know her birth name or in what year she was ...

It was done by enemies so that the souls of these people could never be reborn ... confirmed genetic links to present-day Han and northern Chinese populations. Strontium isotope testing indicated ...

In the late fifth century, the capital city of the Northern Wei was moved ... a city at the very heart of Han Chinese culture and history; however, the people who ruled the empire were not ...