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history
The Terracotta Army: Secrets of the Underground Legion
How were 8,000 warriors made? How stunning is Pit One? The Xi an must-visit.
history
The Great Wall: Ten Thousand Li of Brick and Stone
How long is the Wall? Who built it? The best sections for visitors.
history
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: From History to National Story
Peach Garden Oath, borrowing arrows with straw boats, the empty-city stratagem - China most familiar stories.
history
The Silk Road: How One Route Changed the World
Silk, tea, Buddhism and civilisational exchange - the thousand-year trade route across Eurasia.
history
The Great Wall: From Beacon Fires to a World Wonder
Why build it, and who did? The two-thousand-year epic of China defensive wonder.
history
Zheng He Voyages: The Great Maritime Expeditions of 600 Years Ago
Seven voyages to the Western Oceans, over 80 years before Columbus, with the largest fleet of its time.
history
Building the Forbidden City: A Grand Project of 100,000 Craftsmen
Fourteen years, a million labourers - and why has the palace stood for six centuries?
history
The West Market of Tang Chang'an: An International Bazaar 1,000 Years Ago
In Chang'an's West Market, Persian merchants sold gems and Hu beauties poured wine - the Tang dynasty was more global than you can imagine.
history
Qin Shi Huang: Unifying Script, Wheels and the Realm
More than 2,000 years ago, one emperor welded China together with an iron hand.
history
Zhang Qian: The Man Who Opened the Silk Road
Held by the Xiongnu for 13 years, he returned with news that changed the world - the first man of the Silk Road.
history
The Great Wall: From Beacon Towers to a World Wonder
Why did China build the Wall, and which section is best? A nation's story told on stone.
history
Zheng He's Voyages: A Super Fleet 600 Years Ago
Seven voyages in 28 years, reaching the east coast of Africa — Ming China's maritime epic.
