a historian who has written several books on the Ming dynasty, most recently Mr. Selden’s Map of China. “His remarkable powers of observation bring the era to life for us in an ...

Jiangsu Province and Liaoning Province of China. They comprise of the Xianling Tombs of the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern and Western Qing Tombs inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2000; the ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China. It began in 1644 when the Manchu people from the North overthrew the ruling Ming dynasty and established their capital in Beijing.

Trump's trade war and his imperialistic rhetoric should prompt the Global South to unite in favour of an approach that ...

If you became ill in Ming Dynasty China, you might, if you were lucky, be healed by a travelling doctor. He would announce his arrival with a bell, then treat you with herbal medicines and ...

We will observe two public holidays in April – the Ching Ming Festival and Easter ... dates back more than 2,500 years to the Zhou dynasty. At the time, emperors would offer sacrifices to ...

1999 Map of the protective zone of the Xianling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty 1999 Map of the protective zone of the Eastern Qing Tombs 1999 Map of the protective zone of the Western Qing Tombs The ...