Not only did this discovery pinpoint the timber's origin, it also exposed a pivotal shift in material strategies for the Forbidden City during both the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, namely the switch ...

The protagonist in Chan Koonchung’s new book Zero Point Beijing is a 14-year-old student shot dead on June 4, 1989, in Tiananmen Square. After his skull is split open by a bullet, he finds himself in ...

This photo taken on Nov. 6, 2023 shows the Forbidden City, which was first built in 1406 and was listed as one of the world heritage sites by UNESCO in 1987, seen from the Jingshan Mountain on the ...

Toward the end of the 13th century, while a guest in the court of Kublai Khan, Marco Polo was stunned by the beautiful grassland enclosed in the imperial palace, which teemed with fruit trees and ...

Beijing—a city that would evolve from being a mere fascination to a deep passion—captivated me. Yet, when I first visited in 1987 as a traveler, I realized how little I knew of the city, despite my ...

The dang-dang sightseeing buses along the Beijing Central Axis have attracted an increasing number of tourists. [Photo by Wang Jing/China Daily] Along the Beijing Central Axis, pedestrians can hear ...

BEIJING/TAIPEI — China and Taiwan clashed over their competing interpretations of history in an escalating war of words over what Beijing views as provocations from Taiwan's government, and said it is ...

The Beijing Urban Sub-Center Development Image Exhibition, named Die Bian, or Butterfly Change, opened on Monday at the newly opened eastern branch of the Capital Museum, the Grand Canal Museum of ...

BEIJING/TAIPEI - China and Taiwan have clashed over their competing interpretations of history in an escalating war of words over what Beijing views as provocations from Taiwan’s government, and said ...

A Beijing court said Monday it had ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay compensation to the families of 8 passengers from flight ...