Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

The Beijing Dabaotai Site Museum, located in the southwest of the capital, was built in situ atop an important archaeological ...

When the Qing Dynasty first took control over many parts of Taiwan in 1684, it roughly continued the Kingdom of Tungning’s ...

Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

This era, called the Warring States period, ended when Qin Shi Huang unified ancient China into an empire and became its first emperor. Around 400 years later, the Han dynasty broke apart ...

China, historically centralized with a desire for domination, contrasts with India's decentralized Mandala model of ...

Idealism, a hunger for power and a wish to prosper have driven some of the earliest efforts to build a world order.

Director-singer-actress Rene Liu thought it would be "mission impossible" to get Chin for the role. Read more at straitstimes ...