Continuing her exploration of family heritage, the artist’s latest body of work draws on both her ancestry and the fraught ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

Not only did she visit the National Museum of China in Beijing for the first time and purchase the popular coronet magnet — a ...

A fridge magnet capturing the intricate beauty of an ancient Chinese empress's phoenix coronet has become the National Museum of China's best-selling cultural and creative product. In just nine months ...

Their objective is to better preserve the artifacts at the sprawling imperial palace, the former home of China’s emperors and its seat of ... The piece is believed to have been a birthday gift to ...

The magnet has emerged as an internet sensation, sparking a buying spree after its launch in 2024 and boosting sales of the entire series of empress crown memorabilia, which also includes key chains, ...

An ancient empress, thrust into the modern world ... This booming industry has outpaced China’s box office and Chinese production companies are looking to replicate its success abroad.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Beijing’s Forbidden City is a treasure trove of priceless antiquities. Behind the scenes, it takes a team ...

When Wanrong became the Empress of China, she was already ruling over a ghost land. In a matter of months, her country abolished the monarchy, turning all Wanrong’s decadent pleasures into dust.