"One of the first visitors to China I was asked to photograph was ... the Forbidden City during a scene in the filming of The Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, Beijing, 1985 "I ...

Until he was nearly seventy years old, he had reigned for 50 years (140 BC-87 BC), being one of the longest-reigning emperors in China 's history. During the reign of Emperor Wu Di, the Han ...

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Pu Yi, the Manchurian emperor of China who ascended the throne in 1908 at the age of three, is a prisoner in the palace he rules over. Outside, real power changes hands with each coup d'etat.

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 ...

Pundits are scrambling to assess the Aviation Industry Corporation of China’s White Emperor fighter. Unveiled last week at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, the White ...

The mausoleum of Chongzhen, the last emperor of Ming Dynasty, is the smallest among the Ming Tombs. It was built on the renovation of his concubines' tomb, bearing rich historical information ...

Huangling County is located on the Loess Plateau of northwest China in Shaanxi Province. It is known for the Yellow Emperor s tomb, hence the name Huangling of the county. Yellow Emperor is the ...