New research analyzing ancient pottery from the Xueshan archaeological site in Beijing offers fresh insights into how the ...

Below the skyscrapers rising up around Beijing lies an ancient secret: tombs from the capital's imperial past. TIME Beijing reporter Mia Turner investigates the latest treasures unearthed by China's ...

NASA's Picture of the Day captures star trails that gracefully move in the sky over the Beijing Ancient Observatory in China. This observatory, nestled in the heart of Beijing, has a rich history ...

Toward the end of the 13th century, while a guest in the court of Kublai Khan, Marco Polo was stunned by the beautiful grassland enclosed in the imperial palace, which teemed with fruit trees and ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several famous ...