In 221 BCE, King Ying Zheng of Qin conquered the rival warring states and established the Qin empire as Qin Shi Huangdi (The ...

Because of his tyranny and excessive tax collections the Qin Dynasty ended soon after his death. Portrait of Emperor Qinshihuang As the first huge ancient mausoleum in China, with a river in front ...

The diggers notified Chinese authorities ... to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's construction shortly after taking the throne.

In 1968, when Rawson joined the British Museum, she was tasked with cataloging probably thousands of ceramics and jades from ...

A newly discovered rectangular chariot and horse pit in Baoji, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province has provided key evidence that the Qin state had already established a tradition of chariot and horse ...

Meng Nan Even before the Qin Dynasty (before 221 BC), the Western ... discoveries have shown that Xinjiang bore the imprint of Chinese civilization from its earliest days, with ancient trade ...

China’s foreign minister Qin Gang has not been seen in public for three weeks, leading to speculation about his whereabouts and wellbeing. Xi Jinping: the new global peacemaker John Kerry in ...