Top 10 greatest inventions of ancient China By Lin Liyao 0 Comment (s) Print E-mail China.org.cn, March 4, 2011 ...

For centuries, the "Four Great Inventions of Ancient China" - namely the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing - have been celebrated as technologies that have made significant ...

The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on Friday night features the four great inventions by ancient Chinese: papermaking, movable type printing, compass and gunpowder. Papermaking ...