China has a long list of state secrets - how many people it puts to death every year, and even the birthdays of its top leaders. But now, overseas researchers have uncovered another Chinese state ...

But despite its shipbuilding strengths, which include a robust commercial sector and a variety of yards across the country, China's vast shipbuilding empire is not without its challenges ...

The Chinese intellectuals turned away from Buddhism although many ... the death of an emperor caused violent conflict among the different would-be rulers. At the very time when the empire needed ...

Historical sources suggest it first came under the full control of a Chinese empire in the 17th Century. It became a Japanese colony in 1895, after the Qing empire lost the first Sino-Japanese war.

But despite its shipbuilding strengths, which include a robust commercial sector and a variety of yards across the country, China's vast shipbuilding empire is not without its challenges, such as ...