BEIJING - Under a cerulean Beijing sky, dozens of international journalists, including myself, visited the Forbidden City— a ...

Imperial food comprised the dietetic culture of the Chinese palaces and it is part of China’s valuable cultural ... prime minister in known Chinese history, helped Tang (the first ruler of ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace ... the site and better understand its history, or at the very least, purchasing ...

In the early 1930s, before Japanese forces swept across China, Palace Museum authorities packed up many pieces - including imperial thrones - and moved them out of Beijing to other cities.

Seeking to consolidate her grip on the Chinese throne, Empress Wu Zetian embarked on an audacious project: expanding the imperial palace on a scale never before seen in China, or the world.