Fierce bidding and rocketing prices coloured the latest auction of fine Chinese art by Bonhams in London. A pair of Chinese famille rose `melon’ teapots and covers sold at Bonhams in London on May 12,…
Category: Culture
Online rumors that some articles and poems under the name of China’s late chairman Mao Zedong were written by his secretary Hu Qiaomu and other colleagues are unfounded, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The rumor…
An article on Mao Zedong written by an 82-year-old economist has set off an online storm after some of the late chairman’s supporters expressed anger over remarks in the piece and urged the public to…
HONG KONG — China’s private jet market is cleared for take-off. The country’s soaring economy is creating a class of wealthy entrepreneurs who have plenty of money to spend on one of the ultimate symbols…
BEIJING, May 19 — China’s preservation of its cultural relics has come under fire by the public in the wake of a recent theft at a museum in Beijing’s Forbidden City and other misappropriations of…
HENGDIAN, China—A five-hour drive southwest of Shanghai, in the hills near a manufacturing hub, something like a mirage appears among the smokestacks: a full-scale replica of Beijing’s Forbidden City. Welcome to “Chinawood,” the world’s largest…
On May 23, 1951, the central people’s government and the former local government of Tibet signed the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, also known as the 17-Article Agreement, bringing about the…
An archaeologist cleans the surface of an excavation site at Hujiaying village in Yanqing county on Friday. Photos by Zhang Tao An accidental find on a routine dig on the outskirts of the capital led…
The view from the top of the ancient Drum Tower shows part of the central axis that runs through Beijing. The municipal government is applying for world cultural heritage status for the important corridor. Zou…
Henry Kissinger was not only the first official American emissary to Communist China, he persisted in his brokerage with more than 50 trips over four decades, spanning the careers of seven leaders on each side….