BEIJING — Old Cheng was waiting patiently at the bottom of a steep mountain ridge as the minivans carrying our news team snaked their way through the Yan mountains to meet him.

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Grand anti-desertification schemes often fail when trees die and funding dries up — yet one project has broken the mould. Lilin Zheng is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Design, Shanghai ...

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 ...

The Great Wall of China is part of the world's geography, a sprawling, massive edifice of mud, reeds, and billions of bricks. We unravel its mysteries and rewrite its complex history through ...