In terms of secular architecture, the Western building in Yuanmingyuan (the Old Summer Palace) is the best example; in addition, there were clocks, telescopes, artillery, and other Western artifacts ...

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The city of Beijing is planned on a north-south grid ... Just north of the square lies the Imperial Palace (Gugong), also known as the Forbidden City as it was the private dwelling of the Ming ...

China is one of the most populous countries in the world, surpassed only by India. By the end of 2023, China boasted a population of about 1.4 billion people. Although this marked the country's second ...

Eight performing art troupes from Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei province, will be putting on 40 shows during the upcoming ...

Courtiers take up position in the centre of the Forbidden City during a scene in the filming of The Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, Beijing, 1985 "I met [director Bernardo ...

When people set out to discover Beijing, the capital has many historic and iconic landmarks to tempt them. There is the Forbidden City, the imperial palace where 24 emperors lived between 1420 and ...

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