Painting the Buddha
An American artist in the Empress Dowager’s court
Paul French’s latest deep dive into the characters of Republic-era Beijing
An American artist in the Empress Dowager’s court
A now-deleted Twitter account offered humorous historical lessons on the Ming dynasty's last emperor
Alice Poon's historical novel is an evocative, socially conscious reimagining of four famous women in the late Ming dynasty
The chancellor who inspired a generation of Chinese students with his commitment to academic freedom
The most powerful man never to be emperor of the Qing dynasty
Usurper, emperor, hard worker: The short and paranoid reign of the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing
Who poisoned China's second-to-last emperor?
When the Harlem Renaissance briefly flourished in Shanghai
Poetry and pleasure in a long lost Ming dynasty world
An ancient disaster from the sky baffles historians
The founding of the Peking Union Medical College
The disease that redefined public sanitation in China
A tiny enemy nearly brought down the Qing empire
Derek Sandhaus's new book is a romp through Chinese drinking history and culture