At least eight people have died after a hot air balloon caught fire while carrying more than 20 people. The balloon fell from ...

Waymouth was tasked with the ambitious mission of discovering a shorter northern passage to Ming China — one that would offer ...

Throughout Chinese history, the dragon has also been associated with imperial power, going back to the first emperor of unified China, Qin Shi Huangdi (r. 221-210 B.C.).

The capital pulsates with strange signs and foreboding omens as Emperor Gaozong, lying on his deathbed within the palace, contemplates the legacy he leaves behind. Amidst the complexities of war ...

Portrait of Emperor Hongzhi. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons He lived at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, becoming one of the most unusual emperors in Chinese history—not only as the ...

China has revealed the White Emperor jet, a potential sixth-generation space-air fighter for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

How those who dare to cross the Red Emperor mysteriously disappear or end up dead By MICHAEL SHERIDAN Published: 21:11 EDT, 11 August 2024 | Updated: 02:35 EDT, 12 August 2024 ...

The age of "High Qing" Emperor Kangxi ruled from 1661 to 1722, making him the longest-serving Chinese emperor and one of the world's longest-serving rulers.

Chinese scientists have reconstructed the face of 6th Century monarch Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains - and it's not what you might expect ...

SHANGHAI/XI'AN, March 29 (Xinhua) -- A team of Chinese scientists have completed the genetic profile of an ancient Chinese ethnic minority emperor via genome analysis, according to local ...

Ancient DNA recovered from the remains of a sixth century Chinese emperor who ruled during the country’s dark ages has shed some light on what the leader may have looked like. Emperor Wu ruled ...