History & Facts of the Chinese Triad. The term Triad designates several branches of underground societies and mafia organizations in southern China, in Hong Kong, … Read more
The Jesuits in China In the thirteenth century, during the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, a Franciscan mission was established in China. Related articles: The art of … Read more
The life and the works of Giuseppe Castiglione Giuseppe Castiglione (郎世宁; Lángshìníng) (19 July 1688 – 17 July 1766) was an Italian Jesuit missionary who … Read more
Exploring Paintings depicting China’s Ming and Qing Dynasties “Faces of China, Portrait Painting of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1912)” is Europe’s first-ever grand exhibition … Read more
The Xinhai Revolution: End of Qing Dynasty and Dawn of Modern China. The Xinhai Revolution (辛亥革命, Xīnhài gémìng), also known as the 1911 Revolution, was … Read more
The work of Maurice-Louis Branger in China Maurice-Louis Branger, a distinguished French photographer, was born in the town of Fontainebleau in 1874. Embarking on his … Read more
Chinese Dragons artworks Dragons, as mythological creatures in Chinese folklore, hold a position of immense cultural significance and are a staple in the realm of … Read more
’Alfred Raquez’ was the pseudonym of Joseph Gervais, a bankrupt French lawyer who fled to the Far East in the late 1890s and had access … Read more
A selection of Japanese war prints depicting the first Sino-Japanese War. The First Sino-Japanese War, known in China as the Jiawu War 甲午戰爭, began in … Read more
Yunnan is the most world-famous cradle of life on the planet. Archaeologists have discovered on this land a large number of fossils and zeolites. Related … Read more
A Study of the Fifteenth-Century Carpenter’s Manual Lu Ban Jing
The Life and Work of a Major Scholar-Official in Nineteenth-Century China before the Opium War
Old photographs of China: From Imperial Times to the Republic One hundred years of Chinese history condensed in 75 amazing pictures recently restored. The collection … Read more
During the eighteenth century, China’s new Manchu rulers consolidated their control of the largest empire China had ever known.