Ironically, accidentally invented by the Chinese in the quest for an elixir of life, the earliest known gunpowder weapons utilized the chemical's incendiary properties to ignite their targets.

Some of the most important Chinese Inventions include the compass, gunpowder, paper, printing and moveable type, and much more.

When most people think of rockets, they likely imagine something like SpaceX's Raptor engine, or they might recall the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. Rockets aren't ...

--A writer in the North China Herald on the history of gunpowder in China asserts that this explosive was known in the seventh century of our era. View Full Article in Timesmachine » ...

Ukrainian intelligence has evidence confirming that China is supplying special chemicals, gunpowder and machinery to 20 military facilities in Russia.

Ukraine has information that China is supplying artillery and gunpowder to the aggressor country of russia. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a briefing on Thursday, ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated, citing intelligence, that China is supplying Russia with artillery and gunpowder and is involved in manufacturing certain types of weapons on Russian ...

China has owned 4.66 million valid invention patents by the end of October, 235,000 more since June, an official from the country's top intellectual property regulator said on Friday.

‘I could taste gunpowder in my mouth’: Woman in China mistakes firecracker for candy, bites on it Find out what’s new on ST website and app. The firecracker exploded when the woman bit into it.