According to Chinese tradition, Chinese civilization is 5,000 years old, though the ancient China of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties was far smaller than modern China and largely confined to the ...

Indeed, given their considerable economic and military power, the Ming and Qing empires at times shaped the regional order around their ideal of Chinese centrality. Until the 1840s, China remained ...

“It’s impossible to talk about Chinese food culture without mentioning ... These practices reinforced societal order and became powerful symbols of status.” Through nomadic people and ...