BEIJING – The Chinese capital's future administrative hub was already bustling 2,000 years ago. Government agencies excavating a site in the far southeastern Beijing suburbs say they have found ...

Since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), China's emperors continued building the colossal fortification system for the capital city. A single gate and the attached walls took about 200,000 men up to four ...

BEIJING, CHINA / ACCESS Newswire / October 25, 2025 / The consumption season of the 2025 Beijing Chaoyang International Light Festival is now underway, transforming the capital's nights with a ...

BEIJING — Wang Xue stood in the middle of his courtyard house, next to a pomegranate tree. It could have been a scene out of a Tang dynasty poem but for the sound of a jackhammer and a layer of ...

In winter or early spring in Beijing, some residents engage in a tradition dating back to the Qing Dynasty where they play fetch with birds. This tradition traces back to the 17th century to the early ...

Xiao Yuchen, 25, an illustrator from Taiwan, is pleasantly surprised to find that Dashilan, a popular Beijing tourist area, has undergone changes. Not having the typical crowded tourists, souvenir ...

TAIERZHUANG, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--People travel through many places in their lives, but there is always one spot where every moment becomes fantastic. Here was once a river port town first founded ...

NASA's Picture of the Day captures star trails that gracefully move in the sky over the Beijing Ancient Observatory in China. This observatory, nestled in the heart of Beijing, has a rich history ...

The McDonald’s on the corner was the first sign that Meng Qinglong’s Beijing neighborhood would never be the same. Meng, 42, has lived his whole life in the same house — a simple two-room brick ...

Beijing's ancient coin market reopened Tuesday after being closed for more than a year for renovation. Located on the northwest of the Second Ring Road, the market is the capital's only specialist ...

Chen, 73, set up the first private red sandalwood museum in China in 1999. Since then she has devoted herself to the project of replicating the lost city walls and gates. Growing up in Beijing and ...