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The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented ...
A leading academic has highlighted China's rich mathematical history, including a startling fact about a well-known theorem ...
Journey through time to uncover the rich history of how ancient Chinese pronunciation was rediscovered. Chinese scholars have long debated the correct way to pronounce classic poetry, but the ...
An ancient Chinese scholar's examination papers stored in a museum in East China's Shandong Province has been attracting a large number of visitors recently, making it a hot topic online. The ...
Hundreds of years before a Greek scholar outlined his proof of the Pythagorean theorem, ancient Chinese scholars proved it using just 17 characters, a renowned Chinese mathematician highlighted in ...
Imagine my surprise upon learning, contrary to popular belief and received opinion, that the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle never existed. The vast Corpus Aristotelicum, including the ...
Now it’s fostering appreciation for another Asian art form: Chinese scholars’ rocks, or gongshi. In 2020, more than 100 were donated to the National Arboretum, where they’re on display at the National ...
Throughout history, the ancient Shu Road system in today's Southwest China's Sichuan Province, dating back over two millennia, has been a vital link between the Yangtze River and Yellow River ...