The Chinese government has also made it clear it is ready for "any type" of war, should it come to it. The vast nation is ...

The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the next UNESCO World Heritage site. Millions of people converge on Xi ...

"The Great Wall impresses everyone who sees it for the first time, from children to adults, from the general tourists to scholars,” says Henry Ng, the manager of the World Monuments Fund’s ...

The Great Wall of China may be even older than we once thought. Newly discovered ruins in Shandong province – home to some of its oldest sections – suggest that parts of the grand structure ...

Just north of Beijing, you'll find one of the most famous monuments in the world: the Great Wall of China. Although it's unlikely you'll see the whole thing, you should aim to experience a portion ...

The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new find is part of the larger oldest part of the ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern province of ...

In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north. Construction continued up to the Ming ...