The collapse of China's Qing dynasty wasn't inevitable, but it was unstoppable, driven by foreign humiliation, a dying ...

China's Qing dynasty suffered devastating rebellions like the Taiping Rebellion, humiliating defeats in the Sino-Japanese War, and massive losses in the Boxer Rebellion to eight nations, along with ...

Guests pose for a group photo in front of the Sui-Tang Dynasties Grand Canal Culture Museum in Luoyang, Central China's Henan ...

From top mathematician on leaving the US to China’s coal-to-medicine feat, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent ...

According to one folklore, pancakes were invented by Xiang Yu, a warlord who joined in the rebellions that led to the end of ...

Part of the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival by painter Qiu Ying Photo: Courtesy of the Suzhou Museum. A renowned scroll ...

War above ground, power below it ...

The latest archaeological findings from an ancient residential area in Chang'an, the ancient capital of the Sui (581-618) and ...

But believe me when I say that all anyone talks about when heading to the Glendale restaurant is getting the rainbow display ...

Since then, accelerated technological development, advances in warfare and the globalisation of trade have caused this figure to increase to 12. For the artist Shahzia Sikander, these numbers go ...

Combining the writing on the bones with paleoclimate reconstructions, the team found how typhoon activity helped shift the ...