While the National People's Congress (NPC) is often referred to as China's "parliament," the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) plays an equally vital but less understood role ...

The Shang Dynasty had seen the growth of ... which was to become a central idea in Chinese political history. The Zhou are the first to formalise the idea of the Mandate of Heaven: the Chinese ...

Those ancient sections date back to the late Zhou Dynasty (1046–771 BC). Researchers believe that the joining of regional walls to create a single defensive structure against northern invasions ...