Scholars have since attributed the scene to that of Zhang Qian bidding farewell to the Western Han Dynasty's (206 BC-AD 24) Emperor Wu, who had sent his imperial emissary on a trailblazing diplomatic ...

Follow a young bookworm and a Persian cat as they relive Zhang Qian’s epic journey – braving the Xiongnu, seeking the Yellow River’s source and bringing exotic wonders east. His story, intertwined ...

The emperor’s envoy, a man called Zhang Qian, brought tales of these majestic beasts back from the Ferghana Valley. Qian was sent on a ten-year expedition to the West in order to find all he could get ...

Satellite photos show emperor penguins in one region of Antarctica declined 22% in the past 15 years. That's significantly faster than prior estimates of their decline due to climate change.

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences announced on Tuesday that restoration has been completed of two precious pottery dragon heads unearthed from the Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province.

Negotiations for the first Japanese emperor to visit China in 1992 were kept so secret that the prime minister at the time, Kiichi Miyazawa, complained he was not sufficiently consulted.

The new residents were carefully relocated from SeaWorld San Diego, a pioneer in Emperor penguin care and breeding since the early 1980s. "This is an incredibly rare and exciting opportunity for ...

Ironically, the first camel caravan to travel from China to Europe — and reportedly led by the Chinese imperial envoy Zhang Qian — took 13 years to make that singular, historic trip. Over 2,000 years ...

Xiaoyi He, Xunmin Ou, Xiliang Zhang, Xu Zhang, Qian Zhang. Open Journal of Energy Efficiency Vol.2 No.3, August 2, 2013 DOI: 10.4236/ojee.2013.23015. Open Access. Energy and Material Flow Evaluation ...

President Trump's economic agenda faces increasing political and legal challenges, including criticism of his spending bill and tariffs. Elon Musk's resignation as special Agent DOGE highlights ...

The progressive worsening of disc degeneration and related nonspecific back pain are prominent clinical issues that cause a tremendous economic burden. Activation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) ...

Numerous efforts to fabricate antimicrobial surfaces by simple yet universal protocols with high efficiency have attracted considerable interest but proved to be particularly challenging. Herein, we ...