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Rome’s Inequality Was Bad. But China’s Han Dynasty Was Even Worse

At their apex, the Roman Empire and China’s Han Dynasty ruled over more than 120 million people combined. Their capitals bustled, their wealth swelled, and their armies stretched across continents.
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Evolutionary history and biological adaptation of Han Chinese people on the Mongolian Plateau

Demographic history reconstruction suggested that additional gene flow from Altaic people influenced the northernmost Han Chinese population. Complex biological adaptation signatures associated with ...
Reuters

Fear stalks Chinese residents in Kashgar after attacks

KASHGAR, China (Reuters) - The deserted streets and shuttered shops in the usually bustling Chinese areas of Kashgar city Wednesday stand as testament to the splintered ethnic lines in the western ...
The New York Times

Once China’s ‘Worst Nightmare,’ Labor Activist Refuses to Back Down

Neither jail nor exile to Hong Kong has stopped Han Dongfang, a former Tiananmen Square protest leader, from championing workers’ rights. “If you’re born stubborn, you go everywhere stubborn.” By ...
The New York Times

A Science Fiction Writer Wrestles With China’s Rise, and His Own Decline

In his stories, Han Song explores the disorientation accompanying China’s modernization, sometimes writing of unthinkable things that later came true. By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing Science ...
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Evolutionary history and biological adaptation of Han Chinese people on the Mongolian Plateau (IMAGE)

Demographic history reconstruction suggested that additional gene flow from Altaic people influenced the northernmost Han Chinese population. Complex biological adaptation signatures associated with ...