Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine, Constantine XI Palaiologos (Feb. 8, 1404 – May 29, 1453), dubbed the last ...

Emperor Xi and his CCP cronies have discovered a new and exciting way of pretending that the Chinese economy is rebalancing ...

An under cover book review by Jean-Thomas Nicole of The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China by Michael Sheridan ...

Two incisive studies of the Chinese president reveal a complex figure who is all too aware of the capricious nature of power ...

Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China, in 1974 struck upon ... is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife, according ...

All that is known is from a tablet inscription dated the 9th lunar month of the second year of the reign of Emperor Kang Xi (c.1664). Carved stone tablet head at Jinling The tablet was erected ...

Included among the tombs are the Xiaoling of Emperor Shun Zhi, Jingling of Emperor Kang Xi, Yuling of Emperor Qian Long, Dingling of Emperor Xian Feng, Huiling of Emperor Tong Zhi, four tombs of ...

Trump is driven by memory, not by today’s reality. Nonetheless, the history of how China coopted WHO to suppress Covid-19 inquiries is shocking and has been under-reported, as Michael Sheridan ...

Say the word Xi'an, and people think of the Chinese city's astounding collection of terracotta warriors, created to guard the Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb in the third century B.C. But on a recent ...

The jewel in the crown of Xi’an’s historical exhibits, this stunning assortment of over 8,000 terracotta soldiers dates as far back as third century BCE. They were built for the emperor Qin ...

But the rest of The Red Emperor leaves no doubt that Xi is a leader obsessed by both the capricious nature of power and the insurance it affords those who control it. The most dramatic chapter ...