Click Here to Read: In ancient city of Xi’an, China hopes to restart the Silk Road By David McKenzie and Steven Jiang on CNN website on May 14, 2017.
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The Earthy Glories of Ancient China
Click Here to Read: The Earthy Glories of Ancient China by Ian Buruma in the New York Review of Books Daily on May 6, 2017.
Henan Museum, Zhengzhou Earthenware dog, Henan Province, eastern Han dynasty, 25–220 AD
CAPA: JOIN the 8th Annual Study Tour to China (October 25-November 12)
Click Here to Read: China American Psychoanalytic Alliance: JOIN the 8th Annual Study Tour to China (October 25-November 12) BEIJING / XI’AN / CHENGDU / TIBET / SHANGHAI $4725/Person $1000 DISCOUNT for Psychoanalytic/Psychotherapy Candidates.
See incredible pictures of a giant statue of the Goddess of Beauty being built in China
Click Here to Read: See incredible pictures of a giant statue of the Goddess of Beauty being built in China by Megan Eaves on the Lonely Planet website on April 20, 2017.
The construction site as it is today and on the right, an artist’s rendering of the completed statue. Image by: Imagine China
From a Jade Suit to Bronze Dildos, Ancient Tomb Luxuries of the Han Dynasty Elite
Click Here to Read: From a Jade Suit to Bronze Dildos, Ancient Tomb Luxuries of the Han Dynasty Elite: Even in death the Han Chinese thought that life continued in its own way so they buried the deceased with luxurious objects that continue to impress.by Claire Voon on the HyperAllergic website.
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Zhang Yimou’s The Great Wall
Click Here to Read: Zhang Yimou’s The Great Wall: Issues bound up with a major Chinese film production By Joanne Laurier on the World Socialist Web Site on February 23, 2017.
Shifting Monsoon Altered Early Cultures in China, Study Says
Click Here to Read: Shifting Monsoon Altered Early Cultures in China, Study Says by David Funkhouser on the Earth Institute at Columbia University website on February 6, 2017.
Why China Is Ripe for the Couch
Click Here to Read: Why China Is Ripe for the Couch By Didi Kirsten Tatlow in The New York Times on February 6, 2017.
China’s Xi Jinping Defends Globalization In First-Ever Speech At World Economic Forum
Click Here to Read: China’s Xi Jinping Defends Globalization In First-Ever Speech At World Economic Forum by Camila Domonoske on the NPR Radio website on January 17, 2017.
China’s President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland. The global elite have begun a week of earnest debate and Alpine partying in the Swiss ski resort, in a week bookended by two presidential speeches of historic import — Xi’s remarks and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural address.