A website about Chinese history

Great Wall Information

Five thousand years, told plainly.

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Rulers who shaped the realm

From the First Emperor to the last Qing sovereign — how China was governed, and by whom.

Thinkers, generals, poets

The people behind the story: philosophers, statesmen, commanders, writers and inventors.

Turning points

Battles, reforms, migrations and upheavals that changed the course of Chinese history.

Belief, learning, invention

Confucianism and Daoism, the examination system, art, science and technology.