By end of 2021, China's railways reached 150,000 km, second largest in world, behind only 250,000 km in United States. From development of China's railway industry in 1876 to 2022, nearly 150 years have passed in construction of C...
In 214 B.C. Qin Shi Huang finally conquered South Vietnam and founded three districts: Nanhai, Guilin and Xiangjun. Nanhai County is located in Guangdong District, and county seat is in Guangzhou; Guilin County is located in Guang...
Before discovery of a new sea route, Europeans had never drawn a map of China alone. Europeans drew many "maps of world" during classical era and during Middle Ages. The scale of these maps is mostly limited to Europe, North Afric...
Man Bodhisattva The flat forests are deserted and smoke curls, and cold mountains are sad and blue. When darkness enters a high-rise building, some people worry upstairs. The jade steps stand empty, and old bird flies back. Where...
In 2014, German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented 1735 Map of China to Chinese leaders at a banquet. Merkel said, "This is first map drawn by Germany. An accurate map of China." strong>" Various versions of this map are circul...
When it comes to land or lake reclamation, first thing that comes to mind is Netherlands. Initially, a quarter of land in Netherlands was below sea level, but due to land reclamation, area of the Netherlands has increased by 5,2...
The so-called "revealing map" refers to deliberate exaggeration of territory of certain dynasties when making historical maps to show China's strength since ancient times. China has thousands of years of history, and territory of ...
Rise of Western Han Dynasty It should be noted that when Western Han Dynasty rose, two world powers also rose: one was Rome and other was Persia. Before 264 BC Rome has always been a small country, bordered by Italy, with little p...
From Warring States period to Western Han Dynasty, struggle between county system and enfeoffment system lasted for hundreds of years. During Qin Dynasty, many Confucians still believed that enfeoffment system was superior to syst...
There are many names for mainland China, such as "Huaxia", "Inland" and "Handi". From Qin Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, only dynasties occupying this area can be referred to as "China", and main realization of unification of this area ...