China under the Qing Dynasty. From a 1737 map by Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville. But we do not have to rely merely on the example of shared scriptures, as the sectarians’ own testimonies show ...

Visitors to historic sites around China see not only palaces and pagodas, but also scores of men and women in period dress posing for photos. To the uninitiated, one flowing robe looks like any other.

Back in 2015, Japanese documentary writer Keiko Kawasoe predicted that a “serious dispute” would arise between Russia and China over Kazakhstan’s territory and resources in the future. In her article, ...

China’s Communist Party often speaks proudly about what it claims to be 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. But its leaders are still struggling to decide what they should say about the past few ...