It was China’s desperate need for good warhorses that spawned history’s most famous trade network, animals it paid for in silk and then tea.

The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is situated in northwest China and in the hinterland of the Eurasian Continent. It borders eight countries: Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, ...

A pair of wooden lions carved in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) during Dunhuang's decline. ERIK NILSSON/CHINA DAILY The Dunhuang Museum is a newfound fount of history in Gansu province's desert — an ...

The first emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty, Liu Bang, built his reign on the military genius of a man who in his youth suffered hunger and hardship, but who managed to persevere until reaching ...