A “no photograph upon landing” announcement punctured the serene silence of the cabin as I gazed at the snow-capped peaks outside our airplane window, a stark reminder that we were entering a land of ...

ONCE a restricted site for access to the ordinary during the Chinese Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zijincheng, which translates to ...

BEIJING - Under a cerulean Beijing sky, dozens of international journalists, including myself, visited the Forbidden City— a ...

This collective endeavor — carried out by legions of artists and craftsmen, many likely trained in workshops in the Tang ...

Often overshadowed by its neighbour Yogyakarta, Surakarta – commonly known as Solo – is a treasure trove of Javanese culture ...

Yet the answers remained elusive — until his quest connected him remotely with researchers at the Jingdezhen Ancient Ceramic ...

Ancient ‘Royal Water Palace’ Hidden Beneath Layers of Soil ... possibly from the Konbaung Dynasty (1752 to 1885), according to Popular Mechanics. What was once thought to be just another ...

They’re both based on an ancient Chinese martial art that dates back to the 19th century. It is estimated to be over 200 years old, but what’s more fascinating about it is its usage. While both series ...

I had minor surgery last week to remove a lipoma, which had quietly made a home for itself on my right shoulder several years ago. Embedded just beneath the skin like one half of a ping pong ball ...

At Yang Hongwei's studio in Yangjiabu village in Weifang, East China's Shandong Province ... evolved from the imagery in the poem from Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) poet Zheng Banqiao, which says ...

More than 20 monks and officials from 12 countries visited the Lama Temple and the China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing, as well as the Sera Monastery, Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and ...