An ambitious Chinese initiative to build a series of strategic maritime distribution centres, west to Africa and beyond, has been revealed. This is an extension of the Maritime Silk Road, which in ...

On the 12th of February 1912 Puyi, China’s Last Emperor, abdicated. China now commenced into uncharted political territory: ...

I am the son of two empires. That's a line from early in the new memoir by New York Times reporter Edward Wong. Wong was born in one empire here in the United States, grew up in D.C.'s Northern ...

The Boxer Rebellion was the fourth and largest war, Imperial China fought against Western powers in the nineteenth century. Oddly enough, in its early stages, the Boxer movement was pitted against ...

Introduction: The invisible empire -- The discourse of ethnicity -- Agriculture and foodways -- Vernacular languages -- Marking territory : the militarization of the Huai frontier -- Making hierarchy ...

“China has entered an ‘Age of Sarcasm’. Anywhere outside of state-sponsored parties, entertainment shows, or the comedies and skits on television, China’s rulers and official corruption have become ...

JUST 12 STATES recognise Taiwan’s government. Others all have relations with the Chinese government in Beijing, and so at least tacitly accept its argument that there is only one China, of which ...

Lorenzo A. Castro’s painting of the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. Credit: U.K. National Maritime Museum Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and ...