The Forbidden City would be the home and seat of power for 24 rulers—14 from the Ming dynasty ... glazed yellow tiles. A bell and a drum were kept in the tower. During the Ming and Qing ...

On this day in 1938, the Yellow River experienced a major flood during the Second Sino-Japanese War when the Chinese Nationalist government deliberately destroyed the dikes along the river to halt the ...

Qin Shi Huang famously sent alchemists east to Japan seeking immortality. Now, a newly discovered inscription suggests he ...

Just days before the water fights were set to erupt across Chiang Rai for Songkran — Thailand’s New Year celebration, held ...

The Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang consists of 114 buildings constructed between 1625–26 and 1783. It contains an important library and testifies to the foundation of the last dynasty ...