HISTORICAL FIGURES

Royal Rejects: Chinese Who Said No to the Crown

Seven Chinese historical figures who gave up their royal status

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Royal Rumble

Idioms about royalty from China’s imperial past

ANCIENT HISTORY

Making the Ming Great Again

A now-deleted Twitter account offered humorous historical lessons on the Ming dynasty’s last emperor

HISTORICAL FIGURES

Death of Dorgon

The most powerful man never to be emperor of the Qing dynasty

ANCIENT HISTORY

Lootings of Legend

Five audacious tomb robberies from ancient history to today

ANCIENT HISTORY

Rags to Ruler

Five Chinese emperors who rose from humble beginnings

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Polygamous Problems

Amid news of hidden marriages, TWOC explores China’s polyamorous past and present.

ARTS, HISTORY

Father of Empires

Story of the hit TV character Dugu Xin, fashion icon and Chinese history’s most powerful father-in-law