Long before modern social welfare systems emerged, Song Dynasty officials established the world’s first government-operated orphanages – an innovative response […]
Long before modern welfare states emerged in the West, imperial China developed sophisticated systems for caring for its most vulnerable […]
Few modern inconveniences compare to realizing you’ve forgotten your ID card when trying to board a flight or check into […]
For over a millennium, China’s imperial examination system stood as the world’s most sophisticated merit-based bureaucracy—a labyrinthine series of tests […]
China’s reverence for education stretches back millennia, forming the backbone of its enduring civilization. But behind this cultural ideal lay […]
