China’s first emperor ended 800 years of feudalism, then the imperial system was replaced in 1912. Political shifts are a ...

They didn’t fight in open battle. They didn’t retreat. Their job was to carry explosives to the enemy’s gates—light the ...

President Donald Trump adopts a far more deferential strategy toward Vladimir Putin than he does to China's Xi Jinping. But Putin is manifestly weaker than Xi.

a Hong Kong-headquartered company bringing this Italian opera to China, what touched her first was the music, then the story of Dante, a man who "is no longer just a medieval poet. He becomes a ...

The cardinal had his passport confiscated after he was arrested in 2022 for allegedly failing to register the pro-democracy ...

Feudalism as a labor system that existed for ... of workers as an industrial labor force in the Global South, mainly China, but also nations such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam, where ...

The successful candidates were then received at the city yamen (government office in feudal China) for a celebratory feast. There were also the imperial trials. The accused, who had already been ...

Vance's tour will include a trip on Tuesday to Jaipur in Rajasthan -- site of the medieval Amber fort -- and to Agra a day ..

Another theory is that the statues replaced human sacrifices. In feudal China, servants were buried with their leaders to join them after death. The sculptures ensured that Qin’s entire army wouldn’t ...