It seems there is a special day for everything. Last Tuesday was National Beagle Day. Our dog thought every day was National ...

One of the worlds oldest printing techniques, wooden movable-type printing is maintained in Ruian County, Zhejiang Province, where it is used in compiling and printing clan genealogies. Men are ...

A few machines have truly changed the world, such as the wheel, steam engines, or the printing press ... run a brayer laden with ink over the type blocks and hand press a piece of paper with ...

Yingshan County of China's Hubei Province is home to Bi Sheng, who invented movable clay-type printing technique in the 11th ...

German scholar Fabian Schrodt (R) experiences and recreates Bi Sheng's movable-type printing at the Bi Sheng Memorial Hall in Yingshan County, central China's ...