One of the best ever finds on Bargain Hunt had been collecting dust in a Derbyshire attic for years – before going on to sell ...

Passing under a vibrant vermilion archway in the morning, the lively calls of street vendors fill the air, instantly ...

I set no value on objects strange or ingenious” - The Qianlong EmperorTen years ago, when I was still writing freelance ...

Years ago, the buzzword term "Yongzheng so busy" was invented to echo a pop culture moment in which Emperor Yongzheng of the ...

Nearly any person you speak to has heard of Beijing’s most famous site — the Great Wall of China. However, Beijing is an ...

Une passion chinoise, the exhibition organized at the Musée du Louvre, offers us a fascinating dive into the little-known ...

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information ...

After so much posturing, Vuong’s new book, The Emperor of Gladness, is a welcome surprise. It is a sweet, charming, conventional novel whose ambition does not outstrip its ability. The young Hai ...

Learn more about the Yangtze finless porpoise and how researchers used ancient poems to map out it's habitat decline.

Endemic to China’s Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless porpoise is known for its intelligence and charismatic appearance; it ...

When rivers were a primary mode of transport, poets would include sightings of the porpoise from their travels, including Qianlong, the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty. During his long, 18th-century ...