Draped in Qing dynasty robes and sporting fanged teeth, long nails and grasping, outstretched arms, the Chinese hopping corpse, jiangshi, is a variation on the vampire that you won’t soon forget!

But in 1959, a bold decision by the Chinese government changed its fate forever. To make way for a hydroelectric dam, Shi Cheng and nearby He Cheng, a city believed to date back to the Han Dynasty ...

After nearly nine years of planning and construction, the Shanghai Museum’s new expansion in the city’s Pudong New Area finally opened its doors earlier this year. Billed as a “world-class museum of ...

Chinese workers helped build Tioga Road, which climbs from 4,000 feet to 10,000 feet in elevation and drops several thousand feet back down on the other side of the mountain.

Each of the 23 wooden slips is about an inch (2.5 centimeters) wide and 4 inches (10 cm) long and displays a Chinese character related to the Tiangan Dizhi, or "Ten Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly ...