How a lost civilization made me reconsider what it means to be Chinese
Sanxingdui โ an archaeological site in Sichuan province brimming with artifacts dating back 5,000 years โ challenges China's dominant founding myth and the idea that the Chinese people arose from a single point of origin.
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