Empress Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to rule as emperor, remains a figure of fascination and debate. Born in ...

The Foreign Ministry’s China Division in 1991 listed the pros and cons of arranging a visit to China by Emperor Akihito, including the possible impact on diplomatic relations around Asia.

Liu Bang was born into a peasant family in Pei County in modern-day Jiangsu Province in eastern China in the mid-3rd century BCE. Liu rose to become a minor provincial official. Around 210 BCE, he ...

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It is the biggest imperial mausoleum in ancient China. In 196I, the State Council decided the Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang would be a key cultural relic under state protection. Emperor ...

Photos / supplied The Mongol Chinese emperor Kublai Khan was immortalised ... the imperial summer capital in northern China. But for historians, he was the grandson of nomadic Genghis Khan ...

Here, series presenter Rana Mitter tells the story of Wu Zetian, the female Emperor. Only one woman has ever sat on China’s throne as Emperor in her own right. That woman was Wu Zetian (624-705 ...