It was in Song dynasty China, around 1000 years ago, that gunpowder, printing and the compass--three great inventions that were to shape the course of global civilization--made their first appearance.
中國人的三大發明，火藥、印刷術和指南針，都在西元一千多年左右的中國宋王朝誕生，分別在軍事、書寫、航海上，改變了整個世界文明的發展。