While building the athletes’ Olympic Village for this year’s Winter Games in Beijing, China discovered the remains of an ancient Jin Dynasty (1115–1234) palace. It was found near Taizicheng village in ...

BEIJING, China (AP) — In Beijing’s Forbidden City, once the sprawling palace to China’s Ming and Qing emperors and their legions of guards and servants, steady streams of visitors wearing historical ...

Beijing plans to rebuild a 230-year-old Tuanhe Imperial Palace, the largest temporary imperial dwelling in the city. Located in the southern outskirts of the capital, the palace was built in 1772 ...

c) Lack of management mechanism (no legislation for protective buffer zone). On 30 January 2006, the World Heritage Centre received a comprehensive Report on the Conservation Status of the World ...

BEIJING (AP) — Throngs of people in down parkas and boots climbed a hill that overlooks the Forbidden City this week to jostle with others trying to get a shot of the snow-covered roofs of the former ...

The city that has reinvented itself across dynasties has no shortage of new must-see attractions in 2026. Here’s how to see the best of Beijing, from the Forbidden City to its hidden courtyards and ...

The Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing, used to be the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Its construction started in 1406, and was completed in 1420. The rectangular palace ...

Led by Beatrice de Plinval, curator of Chaumet's museum and archives, with scientific direction from Henri Loyrette, former director of the Paris Louvre and Musee d'Orsay, the showcase brings together ...

BEIJING, China (AP) — In Beijing’s Forbidden City, once the sprawling palace to China’s Ming and Qing emperors and their legions of guards and servants, steady streams of visitors wearing historical ...

The urban transformation that Beijing is undergoing to meet the requirements for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, and its impact on the cultural heritage in Beijing, including World Heritage properties ...