The barques were loaded. Food, tools and supplies to endure several years beyond the frontiers of the known world. Five thousand crew and six thousand children – reputedly all virgins, the purest ...

Needle-like artifacts unearthed from the famed tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in East China's Jiangxi Province have been ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Baoguo Temple Old Book Market shares its history with the rise of Beijing as a city. After Emperor Shunzhi, the first emperor ...

A major showcase of Chinese artifacts of the famous Terracotta Warriors of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) will open this weekend in Perth, marking what is being seen as the most significant museum ...

Hubei is home to several UNESCO World Heritage Sites, such as the Shennongjia Nature Reserve and the Ancient Building Complex ...

China's manufacturing surge – dubbed by some as the“Second China Shock” – has raised fears that a deluge of cheap Chinese ...

This is the first time since the adoption of the Convention that a country has served two consecutive terms on the Committee.

From the neon-drenched skyline of Hồ Chí Minh City to the rural splendour of mountainous Northern Vietnam, here’s how to ...

Han Solo headlines a new Star Wars series that will answer the question of what happened to the Millennium Falcon before The ...

The Star Wars franchise depicts the adventures of characters "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away",[5] in which humans ...