What Happened: Chang'e-6, China’s first mission to retrieve samples from the far side of the moon, etched a mark resembling the Chinese character “Zhong” on the lunar surface before it ...

It was given the stamp of approval by art and history experts – and has now fetched a world record £15.5million at auction. A 4in-high Chinese seal – used to stamp paintings as a sign of the ...

A picture released by Interasia Auctions Ltd on July 3, 2013 in Hong Kong shows a Qing Dynasty-era "1897 Red Revenue Small One Dollar" stamp. One of China's rarest stamps sold for HK$6.9 million ...

The stamp was part of a three-day auction of Chinese, Hong Kong and Asian stamps which ended Monday bringing in a total of HK$71.9 million, Interasia said.

A rare Chinese stamp from 1897 has fetched nearly HK$3.5m (£300,000) at auction in Hong Kong. Peter Foster in Beijing 13 September 2010 • 12:50pm Zurich Asia Director Louis Mangin, poses with a ...

Robert Siegel talks with Tian Tang, author of a Web site dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters in Western culture. Tang posts photos of Chinese character tattoos that either contain errors ...

HONG KONG: A rare Chinese stamp from 1897 sold for HK$4.8 million ($617,959) to an Asian bidder, setting a record price for a single Chinese stamp at auction. The "Small One Dollar" is one of only ...

Millions of Chinese are paying up to £1,500 for a stamp from 1980, the year of the monkey, with a face value of 8 yuan — about 75p. "Is that a bubble?" replies chief executive Michael Hall.