In China ownership of a map indicated sovereignty over the land it depicted ... Because the origins of China's empire lay in its interior, imperial highways were initially the most important features ...

The East Tombs are the largest and most complete complex of imperial tombs in China. Of these ... together with two imperial commissioners, to map the location of the tombs.

The shifting lines on the map show that the definition of China ... the latter being characterised as traitors to China. At first, the Imperial Court backed them, which led to the death of many ...

Japan defeated Imperial China in 1895 and seized the island then ... American security does not rest on the island—just look at a map. Taiwan’s main value to America is complicating Chinese ...

During the next century, Christians perished in China completely. With the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, China once again ...

A comparison of China’s official map of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Bhutan’s national ... and plateaus separating China ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace ... purchasing a map which doubles as a souvenir. Audio guide rentals are another ...

This paper studies the relationship between military conflicts and state-building in pre-imperial China. I develop an incomplete contract ... contains every attack initiated by Chu and Jin, and I map ...

"Switching from a gas or oil-powered heating system to an electric heat pump makes a considerable difference," according to ...

Philippine President Marcos passed two maritime laws last week in a move that Manila says will strengthen its sovereignty ...

Jerry Brotton hails from northern England, and in “Four Points of the Compass,” he notes that the caricatures associated with southern cultures such as Italy’s are reversed in his native country, ...

Many Chinese investors are selling their Bordeaux wine estates due to capital controls in China ... Imperial Rabbit, Great Antilope and Tibetan Antilope disappeared from the Bordeaux map.