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Say the word Xi'an, and people think of the Chinese city's astounding collection of terracotta warriors, created to guard the Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb in the third century B.C. But on a recent ...

With major gifts to leading arts institutions, Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu‐Tang have recently landed in the center of New ...

Almost 600 years ago, the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty rose from the earth in a vast expanse ... When the Yongle Emperor moved the capital north to Beijing, he built an entire new city, ...

Roughly 300 years later, Beijing had become a crowded, windswept city; the Jesuit missionary ... an and Western Civilization in the Tang Dynasty” is a classic study of the relationship between the ...

Almost 600 years ago, the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty rose from the earth in ... When the Yongle Emperor moved the capital north to Beijing, he built an entire new city, re-dredging the ...

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One of China's historic capitals, Nanjing is rich in cultural and historical landmarks, including the Ming ... city in China's ancient history, because it was the capital of the Shang Dynasty ...

China is one of the most populous countries in the world, surpassed only by India. By the end of 2023, China boasted a population of about 1.4 billion people. Although this marked the country's second ...

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