Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow arm of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high and grasps the ...

Ever since I purchased some cat food on Xiaohongshu, China’s trendiest social media app, the algorithm has been bombarding me with all kinds of pet-related content — countless cute photos, cat toy ads ...

SINGAPORE, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Faced with growing scrutiny by authorities at home and in Singapore, mainland Chinese living in the city-state are being more discreet about their wealth, in a shift that ...

A three-storey wooden structure known as the Wenchang Pavilion in China’s Jiangsu province has been reduced to ashes following a fire on November 12, 2025. According to the New York Post, the temple ...

Footage shows flames engulfing a pavilion at the Yongqing Temple complex in China, sending smoke into the sky. Chinese state media reported the blaze was caused by a tourist using incense and candles.

St. George • A lapsed Southern Baptist who says she has not attended church in years, Allisa Clark still felt compelled to check out the majestic white St. George Temple during her return home from a ...

A last-minute cancellation led the nonprofit to pull together a timely new exhibition of contemporary Chinese works in just a few months. By Shivani Vora This article is part of the Fine Arts & ...

After 30 years excavating Alexandria’s harbor, Franck Goddio’s team uncovered a rare temple linked to Cleopatra. But its appearance remained a mystery. Then they found tiny lead tokens, which offered ...

Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s iconic queen, left behind few traces of her reign. Beneath the harbor of modern-day Alexandria, archaeologists have uncovered ancient coins bearing her image amid the ruins of a ...

Should a house of prayer be designed by a man who prays? Not necessarily, says Architect Heinz Rau, a German Jew raised in an orthodox family, and now (at 61) an outspoken atheist. Says he: “What is ...

One hundred years ago, at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris, visitors to the expo’s China Section would have entered through an archway whose mix of ...

China’s exports grew at a faster clip in July, showing that U.S. tariffs so far haven’t curtailed China’s export machine, although trade with America has fallen. Chinese outbound shipments rose 7.2% ...