China's long history has seen some extremely important inventions emerge, most noticeably gunpowder ... Before paper was invented, the ancient Chinese carved characters on pottery, animal bones ...

For much of its history, travel was dangerous and costly ... “This is the first exhibition to prominently feature ancient Chinese picnic sets,” Chiang says. “Most people don’t pay any ...

In ancient China ... that all through history rationalism had been the chief progressive force in society. While inventions and technological discoveries such as gunpowder, paper, printing ...