India is a mystical country rich in cultural diversity, exotic customs and ancient traditions that have stood the test of ...

A Buddhist-themed jade carving by Yang is among the British Museum's permanent collection. [Photo provided to China Daily] On par with the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Emperor Qianlong's high-profile ...

Yang was nicknamed "shy flower", and poems, histories, and fables note her curviness as being particularly attractive. She was the preferred consort of Emperor Xuanzong (r.712-756), and to declare ...

burial complex of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang Di. It usually takes Yang and her co-workers many days to transform a heap of clay fragments into a full-size warrior, but today they are ...