Creatures of Chinese folklore. The five- thousand-year Chinese culture, over the centuries, has produced hundreds of legends about monsters, ghosts, demons, and spirits. Many of these demons and ...

Oysters are the most common animal often eaten raw and alive even in the West. In fact, they are considered healthiest when eaten raw on the half shell. A popular traditional Chinese dish is Zui Xia, ...

Roman life is described in translations of The Weilue, a 3rd-century Chinese historical text. Mutual knowledge between the Chinese and Roman empires was very limited. Only a few attempts at direct ...

Unit 731 (731部隊), based in the Pingfang district of Harbin and led by the infamous Japanese microbiologist Shiro Ishii, was a covert biological warfare research and development unit of the Imperial ...

Interview with Jenny Woo, with her guitar performed her tunes and explore the world sharing messages about loyalty , value and humanity Jenny Woo is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist renowned ...

One hundred years of Chinese history condensed in 75 amazing pictures recently restored. The collection comprises 75 photographs that have been meticulously restored by Ralph Repo, offering a visual ...

Hasu August is a writer and photographer born in 1968. She studied photography in Japan and management science in the United States. After working in multinational corporations for over two decades, ...

Detectives were skeptical when a pretty 14-year-old girl turned up at a Tsim Sha Tsui police station in May 1999 saying she was being haunted by the ghost of a woman she had helped torture, kill and ...

Chris Stowers is a British photographer who has spent over three decades documenting his experiences across more than 70 countries. Represented by Panos Pictures in London, Stowers began his ...

The revolt of the Yellow Turbans, 黄巾之乱, or the Yellow Scarves Rebellion, is the first revolt affiliated with the Taoist secret societies and has gone down in history also to serve as a background to ...

Traditional Chinese music, with its origins tracing back to the Neolithic age, represents a fundamental aspect of Chinese culture. Unlike Western music which often focuses on harmony and counterpoint, ...

The mythological dimensions of Diyu, the Chinese Underworld, with unique punishments and moral lessons. Diyu, 地獄, the Traditional Chinese Hell, based on the Buddhism concept of Naraka, is an ...