For centuries, the Yangtze porpoise was a common sight on the river it is named after. Now, the freshwater mammal is ...

Years ago, the buzzword term "Yongzheng so busy" was invented to echo a pop culture moment in which Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) appeared as the main hero in several period dramas ...

In the study, the team systematically dug through preserved poems dating back to the year 618 CE and found hundreds of ...

Historically, people—including many prolific poets such as Qianlong, the emperor of the Qing dynasty—relied on the river and ...

A rare Qing dynasty painting, titled "The Blue Goats," heads to auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong with a high estimate of $19 ...

Learn more about the Yangtze finless porpoise and how researchers used ancient poems to map out it's habitat decline.

Nearly any person you speak to has heard of Beijing’s most famous site — the Great Wall of China. However, Beijing is an ...

The porpoise is critically endangered. Ancient Chinese poems reveal the animal’s range has dropped about 65 percent over the past 1,400 years.

On the first day of the May Day holiday, more than 1,000 opera enthusiasts gathered in downtown Xi'an, Shaanxi province, to ...

Une passion chinoise, the exhibition organized at the Musée du Louvre, offers us a fascinating dive into the little-known ...