Breakthrough by woman pioneer led to jail, execution for son who agreed with her decision to dissect her dead husband.

A legitimate ruler for 15 years – but de facto leader for years more than that – Wu Zetian is remembered as a complex character.

While being plump had a place in China's history, extreme diets, constricting clothes formed part of nation's centuries-old desire for slimness Long before calorie counting and healthy diets, women in ...

Scientists in China have discovered one of the oldest known matrilineal societies—where family lines and inheritance are traced through a community’s women, not its men. Archaeologists unearthed the ...

Women headed communities in eastern China about 4,500 years ago, a DNA analysis reveals. While analyzing the ancient DNA of skeletons buried in Stone Age cemeteries in China, archaeologists discovered ...

Since its release in 2022, the documentary “Hidden Letters,” about an ancient Chinese writing system only used by women, has been nominated for an Emmy and shortlisted for an Academy Award. Recently, ...