Somefearsome-lookingimperialweaponryhasgoneondisplayinMacaoastheChineseregionhostsaselectionofitemsonloanfromBeijing’sPalaceMuseum.Armorofgoldbrocadewithironpla
Tuesdaymarkedthe106thanniversaryoftheWuchangUprising,whichkickedoffChina's1911Revolutionthatbroughtanendtothecountry'slastimperialdynasty,theQingDynasty(1644-19
When Prince Hisahito was born in 2006, ending a 41-year drought in imperial male heirs, Japan's government gladly dropped proposals that women might head the world's oldest monarchy, but a decade later the little prince remains the last hope for an unreformed Chrysanthemum Throne.
An Asian buyer paid $11.8 million at auction for the largest imperial seal used by China's longest reigning monarch, Emperor Kangxi, Sotheby's said on Wednesday.