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We have thus systematically violated one of the cardinal principles of warfare dating back at least to the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tsu, who warned that you cannot defeat an enemy you do not know.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Freedom Flame 2013
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As I was escorted along the hallway, my eyes turned to the grand wall murals that illustrated Chinese ancient mythologies.
FORBES: While Americans Indulge in Over-consumption, Chinese Move Up by Enduring Hardship
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Barstein: There is an ancient Chinese proverb: The way to scare 10, 000 monkeys is by killing one.
FORBES: Challenges to 401ks Continue: A Conversation with Fred Barstein, CEO of 401kExchange (February 15, 2008 )
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The National Library of China (NLC) contributed manuscripts, maps, books, and rubbings of steles and oracle bones that span the range of Chinese history from ancient to modern times.
UNESCO: Communication and Information
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Known to mate for life, cranes are an ancient Chinese symbol of fidelity, a concept the artists here emphasized by including two tottering fledglings in each composition.
WSJ: Flights of Feathered Fancy | Birds in the Art of Japan | Metropolitan Museum of Art | By Lee Lawrence
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Apply all that new technology to an ancient lexicon of good manners that precluded not only the preparation but the cutting of food at Chinese tables, rich or poor, and you have no need for any tableware beyond your chopsticks, a couple of serving pieces, and a slippery porcelain spoon for soup.
NEWYORKER: A Fork of One��s Own
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Nevertheless, these ancient roads, used for thousands of years and considered to have been 'opened up' by the Chinese General Zhang Qian in the second century BC, had no particular name.
UNESCO: Culture
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In 2011, the Chinese museum sent over a hugely successful exhibition - of ancient rock carvings from Dazu - to National Museum Wales in Cardiff, attracting more than 38, 000 visitors in just two months.
BBC: Wales, Land of the Red Dragon: Chongqing exhibition
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As the Chinese start preparing for the lunar new year by ancient tradition a time for debts to be settled the money may grow tight.
ECONOMIST: Taiwan��s financial system