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This program explores how the idea of Zhong-hua (Sinocentrism) was forged in ancient China and finally utilized by the First Emperor of Qin to bind many people under one flag.

China's earliest dynasty was the Shang that was founded in about 1600 B.C. However joint research by Chinese and Japanese archaeologists is uncovering evidence of an even earlier dynasty ... it was the Xia, the first dynasty established by Yu the...