During the Ming and Qing dynasties, ancient Chinese bells were divided into musical bells, Buddhist bells, Taoist bells, imperial court bells and bells for sounding the night watches. Their ...

The earliest representations we have of the crossbow date from 400 BCE, in China. By 209 BCE the Chinese army had 50,000 crossbowmen who fought with mass-produced bronze weapons. These crossbows, ...

One of the most advanced fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal faces an engineering problem which an ancient Chinese silk-weaving ... directed-energy weapons (DEW) and advances in human ...

Chinese martial ... their origins in ancient Taoist philosophy and evolved into a form of defence during China's frequent wars. The importance of the schools shrank as weapons modernised, and ...