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Mei says that the fact that a freshwater mammal like the Yangtze finless porpoise appears so often in these poems reflects the deep connection between people and nature in Ancient China.

1300). Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons For centuries in China, men and women gathered to play a game called Cuju. Considered an ancient form of soccer, a pastime, but also a political tool, ...

In the sweltering summer of the year 18 CE, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains:“Heaven has gone ...