Human civilization doesn’t get much more ancient than China, whose history dates back more than 5,000 years and whose global influence can be seen in everything from how people govern to what ...

Human civilization doesn’t get much more ancient than China, whose history dates back more than 5,000 years and whose global influence can be seen in everything from how people govern to what ...

The Shang Dynasty minted copper coins to use as currency, to replace the traditional shell currency. Early Chinese cash coins were sometimes made of odd and curious shapes and forms resembling bridges ...

The People’s Bank of China has drained cash through open market operations most days this month, supporting the yuan by making it more scarce. But that has had unintended consequences ...