One of the world’s oldest surviving collections of writing, scratched into ‘oracle bones’ by Shang dynasty chroniclers more than three millennia ago, is finally giving up its secrets. Using a powerful ...

Courtesy of People's Daily Overseas Edition. How much do you really know about Chinese characters? Beyond writing, do you ...

Although not found in early Chinese characters such as oracle bone script, the character "Han" (漢) represents the cultural identity of China. It is unclear how it came to be established in this form.