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| c. 400 |
| | | The Chinese solve the difficult problem of harnessing a horse without strangling it | |
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| 589 |
| | | After three centuries of chaos and disunion in China, a stable dynasty - the Sui - is established by Wen Ti (the Cultured Emperor) | |
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| c. 610 |
| | | The Grand Canal is constructed in China, joining a network of existing waterways to link the Yangtze and Yellow rivers | |
|  | Grand Canal, China
Photograph Beryl Pethick
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| 618 |
| | | A high official of the Sui empire seizes power and establishes one of China's greatest dynasties, the T'ang | |
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| c. 650 |
| | | At Dunhuang, an oasis on the Silk Road, as many as 500 caves are decorated with Buddhist murals | |
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| c. 700 |
| | | The discovery of the technique of porcelain, the most delicate of all forms of pottery, is made in China | |
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| c. 730 |
| | | Three of China's most famous poets - Wang Wei, Li Po and Tu Fu - are contemporaries during the T'ang dynasty | |
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| 735 |
| | | Japanese tradition gives this as the year in which the game of I-go, known in the west as go, is introduced from China | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | T'ang potters make vigorous and brightly coloured figures, of horses, camels or human attendants, to accompany the dead in the grave | |
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| c. 800 |
| | | Nestorian beliefs become the orthodoxy of the Christian community in Persia, spreading from there to India and China | |
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