BYD, China's electric vehicle (EV) market leader, has launched a massive price-cutting campaign, slashing prices by up to 34% ...

Unanswered questions about official decision-making are standard in China, where the political system is notoriously opaque and has only become more so under Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Senior ...

While the Qin dynasty collapsed in 207 BCE ... Gaozu agreed to send an annual tribute to the Xiongnu leader together with an imperial princess to the Xiongnu court. While the Han emperors would ...

This has been the backdrop to Qin’s career, as he became one of the leaders in formulating China ... sounding like a Tang Dynasty poet. “Even if we don’t get the Olympic Games, the trees ...

The extensive structure was built over millennia by various Chinese leaders in order to protect ... Prior to the Qin dynasty, a series of protective walls were in place since the seventh-century ...

The strange departure of Qin Gang as Chinese foreign minister is another public setback for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a sign that his run at the top has run into serious difficulties. Qin ...

Qin was Foreign Minister, the country's top diplomat. He was a member of the upper echelon of the political elite. And he had the backing of China's powerful leader, Xi Jinping. Qin had risen high ...

Zhao himself had fallen victim to the nationwide witch hunt, and he worried that, if he was caught digging up the legacy of the Qin dynasty, he might be put away for good. Fortunately for him and ...

According to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's construction shortly after taking the throne. More than 700,000 laborers worked on ...