Step into the heart of Beijing with our exploration of China's Forbidden City. Discover the rich history and stunning architecture of this iconic palace complex, once home to emperors and now a ...

Shuri is a warren of imperial living quarters, audience halls, religious shrines and an extravagant throne room reminiscent of the Forbidden City in Beijing. (yannick luthy/Alamy Stock Photo via CNN) ...

Until the 1990s, Ukrainian and Taiwanese literature shared a similar fate on the map of world literature: rarely translated, outsiders perceived them as a literary subset of their larger neighbor, ...

Seat of supreme power for over five centuries (1416-1911), the Forbidden City in Beijing, with its landscaped gardens and many buildings (whose nearly 10,000 rooms contain furniture and works of art), ...

Truly, a gem worthy of high-born princes. (Go inside China's Forbidden City) A bear stands over a bird, feet apart, in this bronze piece from the tomb of Dou Wan. Museum of Hebei Province.

Authorities' plans to strengthen the city's national security legislation will not infringe on human rights and freedoms, the Hong Kong justice minister has told lawmakers.

Embedding with seven squads of New York tourists, Patricia Marx picks up some local lore (the Ramones loved Yoo-hoo; Peter Stuyvesant was uptight) and is made to do “a quick Donald Trump dance.” ...

From Dubai to Dubrovnik, Beijing to Bucharest, these new hotels are urban, urbane, and completely wonderful. By Klara Glowczewska, John Newton and and the Editors of T&C Published: Apr 16, 2025 ...

The poster for the 15th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) has some inspirations and messages that may lead you to take a closer look. The poster’s kaleidoscope look ...

The Forbidden City and Cinema as a Guiding Light Feature in Beijing Film Festival Poster The creation from Huo Tingxiao, art director on such movies as ‘Farewell My Concubine,’ features an ...

Prem Poddar and Lisa Lindkvist Zhang’s ‘Through the India–China Border: Kalimpong in the Himalayas’ examines the historical role of the town.

BEIJING — It’s highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing’s Forbidden City is analyzed in a state-of-the-art X-ray ...