A new study suggests that the northern section of the Great Wall of China wasn't actually built to as a defense against Genghis Khan, but instead to keep nomadic shepherds inside. They say, "it was ...

Researchers are working on ways to use the fast-growing plant in the fight against desertification in China's arid north ...

"The Great Wall impresses everyone who sees it for the first time, from children to adults, from the general tourists to scholars,” says Henry Ng, the manager of the World Monuments Fund’s China ...

The ‘Green Great Wall’ of China: Scientists issue new warning despite 50 years of work to tame desert growth - For half a century, workers in northern China have been using a technique called ‘straw c ...

Around 30 percent of China’s Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities — including stealing the bricks to build houses — erode the ...

Archaeologists exploring the Jiankou section of China's Great Wall discovered a large cannon. The cannon, found among a cache of additional weapons, was potentially cast in the late Ming Dynasty ...

China planted about 66 billion trees back in the late 1970s as part of a massive reforestation initiative. This initiative — deemed the “Great Green Wall” — has borne pretty interesting results, one ...