The southeast corner of the imperial palace discovered at the Taosi relic site in Xiangfen County of north China's Shanxi Province. [Photo/Chinanews.com] Archeologists have dated the ruins in the ...

Xi Jinping is arguably the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong. What's behind his rise and how long will he remain in power? Photo: Reuters For most of its history, China was an empire led ...

Many of the powerful emperors of China’s last dynasties—the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1912)—were patrons, collectors, and casual practitioners of the arts. They used art to legitimize and ...

Access to this vast complex of grand palaces, abundant gardens, and sacred pavilions was off limits to most of imperial China's people, who could only imagine the grandeur beyond the gates. Hall of ...

While there have been many exhibitions in Hong Kong about ancient China – those at the Hong Kong Palace Museum are a prime example – not many have focused on the varied lifestyles of women in that era ...