To mitigate this danger, Ming Dynasty physicians developed elaborate pharmaceutical recipes to process the raw tuberous roots. Historical texts indicate that these toxic plants were boiled in vinegar, ...

An ancient Chinese exercise routine may be just as powerful as a daily brisk walk for lowering blood pressure — without equipment, gyms, or intense workouts. In a major clinical trial, adults with ...

Studios near the Forbidden City in Beijing are transforming visitors into empresses from ancient China as young people explore a revival of traditional culture.

Researchers say the numbing agent splashed onto iron scissors and tweezers during a procedure. They were found in a Ming dynasty doctor's tomb ...

When British archaeologists completed radiocarbon analysis of a skeleton that came to be known as Cheddar Man, they estimated his age at 10,000 years. They paused, amazed, and repeated the dating ...

Xu Yao was found guilty of killing Lin Qi, the founder of the company that holds the film adaptation rights for the ...

Premieres Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+ / Encore Sunday, May 31 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2. The ...

Chinese authorities have executed a man for poisoning his former associate, a billionaire gaming tycoon linked to the Netflix ...

Chinese proverbs have been passing wisdom from one generation to another for centuries. These traditional sayings are often ...

Exploring the little towns and villages outside Guangdong to taste the delicacies that historically came from them.

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For most of the 20th century, the model of human origins was a tree: with the trunk dividing into branches, and then twigs.