Mike Loades has the world of pistol duelling firmly in his sights. We stare down the barrel of famous encounters, such as ...

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

China’s crime is that in the next few years, perhaps as soon as 2035, it will be the world’s largest economy. Its Gross Domestic Product will be larger at that point than that of the United ...

Rooted in 19th-century China and steeped in ritual, the tile-based game is seeing a renaissance. With the National Mah Jongg League now reporting over 350,000 members, and luxury retailers from ...

From original hardwood floors and chandeliers to new systems, the fully detached single-family home blends now 19th-century craftsmanship with modern comfort. “It’s rare to see a remodel where ...

The most-cited scientific paper of the 21st century was written by four Chinese researchers in 2016, and it is on track to become the most-cited paper of all time, according to an analysis by ...

Considered more of an everyday staple than a luxury, century eggs are consumed all over China, Hong Kong, and parts of southeast Asia. Xueci Cheng, a recipe developer who grew up in Chengdu ...

Pilot negligence caused the accidental release of gun pods and empty fuel tanks from a KA-1 light attack aircraft in South Korea, the country’s air force said on Monday. The blunder last week ...

It helped Mo Yan become an ordinary person of 21st-century China in his own unique way. The greatest impact of foreign literature on Chinese writers is that it helps them better ­discover themselves.

But now, amid tense trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, one of the nation’s top buyers of soybean products, the Kershaw plant in Lancaster County will close. The massive food ...