This holistic timeline in no way represents all of China’s history. This menu of China’s history is here for individuals who want to learn about China and the Chinese from near the beginning to today.
What I’ve done is provide links in chronological order—or as close as possible—to posts on this site that offer a look at China’s long history and her people. Click on the links [in red] to discover some of China’s historical, cultural and artistic evolution.
If you see a post that you feel is in the wrong time slot, let me know and I will look into it. New links may be added at any time.
6987 BC
3000 BC
God, Ancient Astronauts and China’s Yellow Emperor
2256 – 2205 BC
ShangDi, China’s God of Creation
2205-1783 BC
The Xia, China’s Oldest Known Dynasty
1783 – 1123 BC
Links to the Stars – Ancient Astronomy
Spring Festival, Year of the Tiger
The Vanishing Street Art of Chinese Calligraphy
The Sheng, one of China’s Oldest Musical Instruments
1126 – 222 BC
China’s Spring and Autumn Period
Guqin means Ancient Musical Instrument
A short history of Taoism and its meaning
259 – 210 BC
The First Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, the man who unified China
The Search for the Tomb of Cao Cao
The Seven Wonders of China starting with the Qin Shi Huangdi
206 BC – 219 AD
Near the end of the Han Dynasty to 280 AD
300 – 644 AD
A Millennia of History at a Silk Road Oasis
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596 – 644 AD
Hsuan-tsang – From China to India for Enlightenment
618 – 906 AD
Wu Zetian, China’s only Female Emperor and an early feminist
The Accidental Discovery of Gunpowder
Ice Cream from China – Myth or Fact
The First Cinderella was Chinese
Chinese Crossbow and other Inventions
Quyi: Chinese Singing and Storytelling
Christianity and Islam in China
925 – 1279 AD
1279 – 1368 AD
Yuan Dynasty: Kublai Khan’s Mongol Empire [China conquered]
1368 – 1643 AD
Emperor Yangle of the Ming Dynasty
1644 – 1911 AD
China’s Last Empress Dowager-Regent
The Qing Dynasty’s Elite Troops
The Connection between Opium, Christianity, Cults and Cannon Balls
The Taiping Rebellion; the Kingdom of Heavenly Peace (1845-1864)
A Forbidden City Connection to Tibet Revealed
Jingyun Dagu, Beijing’s Story Telling Opera
The Importance of Guanxi to Chinese Civilization
Discrimination against the Chinese in America
1912 to present
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the father of China’s Republics
Yuan Shikai, the general who became China’s president for life
Chiang Kai-shek, brutal dictator and America’s friend
Massacre in Taiwan and America says nothing
China’s Communist Revolution or Civil War
World War II and The Rape of Nanking
Japan’s war of lies about atrocities in China
The Rape of Nanking with Iris Chang
China’s Health Care During Mao’s Time
Ah Bing and “Reflection of the Moon”
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
China’s Sensitivity over Tibet
Tibet as a Province of China – the unresolved issue
No Way is Tibet a Democracy in Exile!
Chinese Gold from Dead Tibetan Caterpillars
China in Korea Protecting the Teeth
China’s Great Famine (1959 – 1961)
Mao’s ‘alleged’ Guilt in the Land of Famines
Mao and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
The KMT-CIA Heroin, Cocaine Pipeline to the US
Pearl S. Bucks’ China Predictions – 1966
The Controversy, Complexity and Reality behind China’s One-Child Policy
What is the truth about Tiananmen Square?
On the trail of Dr. Li’s illusive Memories
Water: the Democracy versus the Authoritarian Republic
Greenpeace and the growth of environmentalism in China
China’s Educated Women Work to Bring about Change from Within
China’s Stick People – the rural urban divide
Communism and Socialism are NOT the SAME
Country Driving with Peter Hessler
What do Shanghai’s IKEA and Cupid have in common?
The differences between Individualism and Collective Cultures
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Lloyd Lofthouse is the award-winning author of My Splendid Concubine [3rd edition]. When you love a Chinese woman, you marry her family and culture too. This is the love story Sir Robert Hart did not want the world to discover.
His latest novel is the multiple-award winning Running with the Enemy.
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