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"Ming and Qing Aesthetics" decodes the architectural symbolism embedded in the ridge-beast arrays of palace roofs, revealing their encoded hierarchies through side-by-side displays of real artifacts ...

When French artist and architect Clara Bryon arrived in Beijing this past February, she wasn't just visiting — she was ...

Fujian is home to several UNESCO world heritage sites such as the city of Quanzhou, Gulangyu Island, Fujian Tulou and Wuyi ...

China is secretly building a massive military command center southwest of Beijing. The 1,500-acre construction site is expected to dwarf the Pentagon.

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China's government has openly supported new energy vehicles, an industry it wants to dominate. NPR's Steve Inskeep visits an electric vehicle factory in Beijing.

At the beginning of the 13th century, infamous leader Genghis Khan united the Mongols under a common goal — invading the Chinese empire. The land fell to the Mongols in an era that would later be ...

Story continues below this ad Five years ago, before a housing bubble burst, cranes putting up apartment towers dotted practically every city in China. Today ... labs as Google’s headquarters in ...

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It is inspired by the Ming Dynasty caisson ceiling in the Wanchun Pavilion of the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing ... craftsmen in ancient China added exquisite carvings ...