A rare Qing dynasty painting, titled "The Blue Goats," heads to auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong with a high estimate of $19 ...

Explore the vibrant city with this detailed 3-day to 5-day Beijing itinerary, from the iconic Forbidden City to the ...

During the Cold War, governments around the world continued to view zoos through an ideological lens. This was especially true in Berlin, where the city’s two zoos – one in the capitalist West, the ...

In the sweltering summer of the year 18 CE, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains:“Heaven has gone ...

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains:“Heaven has gone blind!” Thousands of starving farmers, ...

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

Rulers of compliant states, some with dynasties centuries old, received formal recognition from the emperor, which legitimized their rule. At the height of Chinese power in the late 1700s, the UK sent ...

It also offers a great ... than the Qing Dynasty’s Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-19080 – famously portrayed on her deathbed in Bernardo Bertolucci’s Oscar-winner The Last Emperor (1987).

This movie was definitely ahead of its time in terms of eye-catching production design, and while the versions that followed are great, you really can’t beat the original. As Veruca Salt would ...

The Divine Liturgy celebrated on the morning of Great and Holy Saturday is that of Saint Basil the Great. It begins with Vespers, followed by the chanting of the evening hymn O Gladsome Light. A ...

They added: “She is in a great place in her life. Her career is soaring and Adam is a successful businessman, so they compliment each other so well. “All of Denise’s friends are thrilled she ...