This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Asia ...

When Ruby Vies with Emerald: Exquisite Lacquer of the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, running at the Shanghai Museum on People ...

Researchers have uncovered a complete Quina technological system in the Longtan site in southwest China. The discovery challenges the widely held perception that the Middle Paleolithic period was ...

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The ...

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao called Dili’s inclusion ‘a powerful affirmation of our journey, marked by resilience and hope’.

In this course, students will explore the extraordinary diversity of the peoples and cultures of Southeast Asia. The course may emphasize one or more of the following time periods: pre-history, the ...

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Spotlight on East Asia, a region steeped in history and now helping to write the future of our world. We'll break down the ...

Sunken finds in the South China Sea testify to rich trade networks used over hundreds of years. The sea routes brought ...

East Timor has been formally admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the group’s first expansion since ...

Asia's youngest nation East Timor on Sunday became the 11th member of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN, fulfilling a vision set ...

The Composite Map of the Ming Empire (Da Ming Hunyi Tu) reflects the political situation in AD 1389 but was likely painted much later. Original Chinese labels were later covered with Manchu on paper ...