Alastair Sooke travels through modern day China to discover that much of what defines Chinese culture today can be traced back to some of its most spectacular historic artefacts. Show more In ...

Alastair Sooke travels through modern day China to discover that much of what defines Chinese culture today can be traced back to some of its most spectacular historic artefacts. Show more In ...

In attempting an honest assessment of the threat China poses, David Frum downplays some of its strengths. In a recent article for The Atlantic, David Frum labeled China a paper dragon, a sly ...

This story appears in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The world economy in the ninth century had two powerful engines. One was Tang dynasty China, an empire stretching from ...

Formerly a home to emperors, poets, merchants and warriors, Xi’an is the jewel in the crown of China’s great ancient capitals, possessing a wealth of cultural and historical treasures waiting ...