Power & Order
(Politics, Law, bureaucracy)

 

Belief & Knowledge
(Religion, Thought, Education, Ritual & Science)

 

Social Relations & Structure
(
Kinship, Class & Marriage)

 

Economy & Population
(Production, Consumption, Demography, Agriculture)

 

Specific People
(Life stories or ethnic groups)

Welcome to all those interested in China!

Fragments of this great civilization are grouped here into topics, so that those who have never been there, can glimpse some of its richness and variety.

Places Long-term Change